críquete
/ˈkɾi.kɛ.tɨ/
The verdict
“críquete” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #22,930. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,930
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - esporte em que jogam dois times de onze jogadores, com o objetivo de derrubar o alvo do time adversário arremessando uma bola
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | críquete |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɾi.kɛ.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #22,930 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “críquete” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around críquete (IPA /ˈkɾi.kɛ.tɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,930 among 3,948 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "esporte em que jogam dois times de onze jogadores, com o objetivo de derrubar o alvo do time adversário arremessando uma bola".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for críquete, with forms such as "ccríquete", "crqíuete", and "crríquete". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is críquete, spelled C-R-Í-Q-U-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1esporte em que jogam dois times de onze jogadores, com o objetivo de derrubar o alvo do time adversário arremessando uma bola
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccríquete
- crqíuete
- crríquete
- críqeute
- críqquete
- críqueet
- críquette
- críqutee
- críuqete
- círquete
- rcíquete
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of críquete - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “críquete”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-R-Í-Q-U-E-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɾi.kɛ.tɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.