delicioso

//dɨ.li.ˈsjo.zu// adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,133

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

delicioso is anPortugueseadj. It means: que causa delícia Pronounced /dɨ.li.ˈsjo.zu/. It ranks #7,133 in Portuguese word frequency.

Key facts for delicioso
PropertyValue
Headworddelicioso
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/dɨ.li.ˈsjo.zu/
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,133
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of delicioso in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for delicioso is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨ.li.ˈsjo.zu/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,133 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for delicioso, with forms such as "ddelicioso", "deilcioso", and "delciioso". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is delicioso, spelled D-E-L-I-C-I-O-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que causa delícia
  2. 2
    agradável; aprazível; excelente; saboroso

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddelicioso,deilcioso,delciioso,deliccioso,delicioos,deliciosso,delicisoo,delicoiso,deliicoso,dellicioso,dleicioso,edlicioso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for delicioso

Misspelling Variants of "delicioso"

ddelicioso10deilcioso9delciioso9deliccioso10delicioos9deliciosso10delicisoo9delicoiso9
Misspelling Variants of "delicioso"

Frequency rank: #7,133 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "delicioso"?
"delicioso" is spelled D-E-L-I-C-I-O-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨ.li.ˈsjo.zu/.
What does "delicioso" mean?
As an adj, "delicioso" means: que causa delícia
What are common misspellings of "delicioso"?
Common misspellings include "ddelicioso", "deilcioso", "delciioso", "deliccioso", "delicioos". The correct spelling is "delicioso".
How do you pronounce "delicioso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "delicioso" is /dɨ.li.ˈsjo.zu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "delicioso" come from?
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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.