declínio
/dɨ.ˈkli.nju/
The verdict
“declínio” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,752. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,752
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,399
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de declinar
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 | declínio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɨ.ˈkli.nju/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,752 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “declínio” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around declínio (IPA /dɨ.ˈkli.nju/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,752 among 2,399 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for declínio, with forms such as "dcelínio", "ddeclínio", and "decclínio". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "declinar", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is declínio, spelled D-E-C-L-Í-N-I-O.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de declinar
- 2inclinação para plano inferior; declivamento
- 3estado de deperecimento; decadência, ruína
- 4perda de intensidade ou força; diminuição, enfraquecimento
- 5período em que uma doença apresenta redução dos sintomas
- 6período em que se reduz a seção visível da Lua e que corresponde à passagem do plenilúnio ao novilúnio
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dcelínio
- ddeclínio
- decclínio
- decllínio
- declníio
- declíino
- declínnio
- declínoi
- decílnio
- delcínio
- edclínio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of declínio - 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 “declínio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-C-L-Í-N-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɨ.ˈkli.nju/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “declinar” - see the side-by-side comparison. declínio vs declinar
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.