detector
The verdict
“detector” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #16,998. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,998
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aparelho ou instrumento que serve para detectar a presença de substâncias em um determinado ambiente
Corpus desk
Index PT-detector · detector · Portuguese
detector · rank #16,998 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,998
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH deslumbrante
Nearest frequency peer: deslumbrante (-2 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 “detector”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- desejada
desejada
83,009 corpus weight
- desinteresse
desinteresse
83,006 corpus weight
- deslumbrante
deslumbrante
83,005 corpus weight
- detector
detector
83,003 corpus weight
- dialogar
dialogar
83,001 corpus weight
- documental
documental
82,996 corpus weight
What this shows “detector” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | detector |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,998 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “detector”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around detector, anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,998 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "aparelho ou instrumento que serve para detectar a presença de substâncias em um determinado ambiente".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for detector, with forms such as "ddetector", "deetctor", and "detcetor". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "detento", "detentor", "detestar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is detector, spelled D-E-T-E-C-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1aparelho ou instrumento que serve para detectar a presença de substâncias em um determinado ambiente
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how detector appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Desde o governo Montoro se falava em detector de metais nos presídios.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddetector
- deetctor
- detcetor
- detecctor
- detecotr
- detectorr
- detectro
- detecttor
- detetcor
- dettector
- dteector
- edtector
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of detector - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "detector", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).