definido
/dɨ.fɨ.ˈni.du/
The verdict
“definido” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #4,719 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #4,719
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - determinado, demarcado, delimitado, estabelecido
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 | definido |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɨ.fɨ.ˈni.du/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “definido” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for definido is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨ.fɨ.ˈni.du/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,719 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "determinado, demarcado, delimitado, estabelecido".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for definido, with forms such as "ddefinido", "deffinido", and "defiindo". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "definir", "defendo", "decidido", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is definido, spelled D-E-F-I-N-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1determinado, demarcado, delimitado, estabelecido
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddefinido,deffinido,defiindo,defindio,definiddo,definiod,definnido,defniido,deifnido,dfeinido,edfinido
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of definido - 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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Using “definido”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-F-I-N-I-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɨ.fɨ.ˈni.du/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “definir” - see the side-by-side comparison. definido vs definir
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.