deficiente
/dɨ.fɨ.ˈsjẽ.tɨ/
The verdict
“deficiente” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,611. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,611
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - em que há deficiência
Corpus desk
Index PT-deficiente · deficiente · Portuguese
deficiente · rank #11,611 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,611
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH desfazer
Nearest frequency peer: desfazer (+1 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 “deficiente”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- chupar
chupar
88,399 corpus weight
- coitado
coitado
88,397 corpus weight
- consumido
consumido
88,394 corpus weight
- deficiente
deficiente
88,390 corpus weight
- desfazer
desfazer
88,389 corpus weight
- desordem
desordem
88,388 corpus weight
What this shows “deficiente” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deficiente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɨ.fɨ.ˈsjẽ.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #11,611 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “deficiente”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around deficiente (IPA /dɨ.fɨ.ˈsjẽ.tɨ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,611 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for deficiente, with forms such as "ddeficiente", "defciiente", and "defficiente". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is deficiente, spelled D-E-F-I-C-I-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1em que há deficiência
- 2imperfeito
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddeficiente
- defciiente
- defficiente
- deficciente
- deficeinte
- deficienet
- deficiennte
- deficientte
- deficietne
- deficinete
- defiicente
- deifciente
- dfeiciente
- edficiente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of deficiente - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).