crocodilo
/kɾu.ku.ˈdi.lu/
The verdict
“crocodilo” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #18,815. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,815
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gênero de réptil aquático das regiões tropicais; aligátor; caimão
Corpus desk
Index PT-crocodilo · crocodilo · Portuguese
crocodilo · rank #18,815 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,815
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH contração
Nearest frequency peer: contração (-3 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “crocodilo”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- chantagem
chantagem
81,203 corpus weight
- cloro
cloro
81,199 corpus weight
- colaborativo
colaborativo
81,197 corpus weight
- contração
contração
81,189 corpus weight
- crocodilo
crocodilo
81,186 corpus weight
- cuspir
cuspir
81,183 corpus weight
What this shows “crocodilo” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crocodilo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɾu.ku.ˈdi.lu/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #18,815 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “crocodilo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around crocodilo (IPA /kɾu.ku.ˈdi.lu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,815 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for crocodilo, with forms such as "ccrocodilo", "corcodilo", and "crcoodilo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is crocodilo, spelled C-R-O-C-O-D-I-L-O.
Definition
- 1gênero de réptil aquático das regiões tropicais; aligátor; caimão
- 2jacaré
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccrocodilo
- corcodilo
- crcoodilo
- croccodilo
- crocdoilo
- crocoddilo
- crocodillo
- crocodiol
- crocodlio
- crocoidlo
- croocdilo
- crrocodilo
- rcocodilo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crocodilo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "crocodilo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).