crosta
/ˈkɾos.tɐ/
The verdict
“crosta” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,280. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,280
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parte mais dura formada em volta de algo, geralmente mais mole no interior
Corpus desk
Index PT-crosta · crosta · Portuguese
crosta · rank #23,280 · 9 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,280
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH decadente
Nearest frequency peer: decadente (+5 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 “crosta”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- cordilheira
cordilheira
76,729 corpus weight
- crosta
crosta
76,721 corpus weight
- decadente
decadente
76,716 corpus weight
- defunto
defunto
76,714 corpus weight
- deluxe
deluxe
76,713 corpus weight
- despejar
despejar
76,707 corpus weight
What this shows “crosta” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crosta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɾos.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #23,280 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “crosta”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around crosta (IPA /ˈkɾos.tɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,280 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for crosta, with forms such as "ccrosta", "corsta", and "crosat". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "custa", "cota", "cost", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is crosta, spelled C-R-O-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1parte mais dura formada em volta de algo, geralmente mais mole no interior
- 2camada enrigecida (de rocha ou outro material) mais externa de um planeta ou outro corpo celeste sólido que vai da sua superfície até as camadas mais internas
- 3parte superior da Terra, constituída principalmente por granito (rocha ígnea composta essencialmente por quartzo e feldspato) na parte superior, e na inferior por basalto (também uma rocha ígnea eruptiva, constituída principalmente de plagioclásio e piroxênio e, em muitos casos, de olivina), situada acima do manto e dividida basicamente em crosta continental e oceânica
- 4superfície dura resultante da primária cicatrização de um ferimento, sendo constituída principalmente por sangue coagulado e plasma sanguíneo
- 5(e micologia) parte de um líquen que o prende à superfície na qual se desenvolve
- 6camada excretada por moluscos e crustáceos que, solidificando-se, forma-lhes o exoesqueleto característico
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crosta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alguns queijos têm crosta branca aveludada, devido a um mofo branco.
A pouca água também dificulta a abertura da pestana na crosta, traço característico e obrigatório no pão francês.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccrosta
- corsta
- crosat
- crossta
- crostta
- crotsa
- crrosta
- crsota
- rcosta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crosta - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "crosta", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).