delicado

/dɨ.li.ˈka.du/

//dɨ.li.ˈka.du// adj

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The verdict

“delicado” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,343. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,343
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que usa de delicadeza

Corpus desk

Index PT-delicado · delicado · Portuguese

delicado · rank #10,343 · 11 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,343
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH desfrutar

Nearest frequency peer: desfrutar (+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 “delicado”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “delicado” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

delicado vs derivado
75% similar
delicado vs desligado
78% similar
delicado vs deslocado
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for delicado
PropertyValue
Headworddelicado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/dɨ.li.ˈka.du/
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,343
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “delicado”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).delicadocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “desfrutar” (#10,346), “elaborar” (#10,349), “engolir” (#10,352). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “delicado” fica em #10,343. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around delicado (IPA /dɨ.li.ˈka.du/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,343 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for delicado, with forms such as "ddelicado", "deilcado", and "delciado". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "derivado", "desligado", "deslocado", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is delicado, spelled D-E-L-I-C-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que usa de delicadeza
  2. 2
    atencioso, cortês, melindroso
  3. 3
    frágil, débil
  4. 4
    feito com esmero, cuidadoso, primoroso
  5. 5
    espinhoso, irritável
  6. 6
    bonito, lindo

This word in other languages

delicate(English)delicado(Español)délicat(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddelicado
  • deilcado
  • delciado
  • deliacdo
  • delicaddo
  • delicaod
  • deliccado
  • delicdao
  • dellicado
  • dleicado
  • edlicado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of delicado - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddelicado1deilcado2delciado2deliacdo2delicaddo1delicaod2deliccado1delicdao2
Edit distance from "delicado"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "delicado"?
"delicado" is spelled D-E-L-I-C-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨ.li.ˈka.du/.
What does "delicado" mean?
As an adjective, "delicado" means: que usa de delicadeza
What words are commonly confused with "delicado"?
"delicado" is commonly confused with "derivado", "desligado", "deslocado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "delicado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "delicado" is /dɨ.li.ˈka.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "delicado" come from?
"delicado" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "delicado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

elaborar#10,349macarrão#10,391vitamina#10,292muscular#10,404

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

proveito11 variantssimulação11 variantsVinícius11 variantsmedieval11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list