cupim
The verdict
“cupim” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #41,927. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,927
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - inseto eusocial da ordem Isoptera, que contém cerca de 2.800 espécies
Corpus desk
Index PT-cupim · cupim · Portuguese
cupim · rank #41,927 · 7 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,927
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cravar
Nearest frequency peer: cravar (-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 “cupim”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- cordialidade
cordialidade
58,084 corpus weight
- cortiço
cortiço
58,081 corpus weight
- cravar
cravar
58,077 corpus weight
- cupim
cupim
58,074 corpus weight
- decision
decision
58,068 corpus weight
- dermatite
dermatite
58,064 corpus weight
What this shows “cupim” 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 | cupim |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #41,927 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “cupim”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around cupim, anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,927 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cupim, with forms such as "ccupim", "cpuim", and "cuipm". 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. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "cuspir", "CPI", "cum", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is cupim, spelled C-U-P-I-M.
Definition
- 1inseto eusocial da ordem Isoptera, que contém cerca de 2.800 espécies
- 2corte de carne bovina da região localizada na parte saliente em cima do pescoço dos bois zebuínos
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cupim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A escolha faz sentido: se o objetivo é digerir biomassa, ninguém sabe fazer isso melhor do que um cupim.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccupim
- cpuim
- cuipm
- cupimm
- cupmi
- cuppim
- ucpim
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cupim - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cupim", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).