detetive
/dɨ.tɛ.ˈti.vɨ/
The verdict
“detetive” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,898. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,898
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - agente investigador de crimes
Corpus desk
Index PT-detetive · detetive · Portuguese
detetive · rank #7,898 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,898
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH dormi
Nearest frequency peer: dormi (+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 “detetive”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- debater
debater
92,109 corpus weight
- dependente
dependente
92,106 corpus weight
- detetive
detetive
92,103 corpus weight
- dormi
dormi
92,102 corpus weight
- esperto
esperto
92,096 corpus weight
- espetacular
espetacular
92,095 corpus weight
What this shows “detetive” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | detetive |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɨ.tɛ.ˈti.vɨ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,898 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “detetive”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around detetive (IPA /dɨ.tɛ.ˈti.vɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,898 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for detetive, with forms such as "ddetetive", "deettive", and "deteitve". 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, 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, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is detetive, spelled D-E-T-E-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1agente investigador de crimes
- 2pessoa cujo trabalho consiste em fazer inquéritos, seguir a pista de alguém, por conta de terceiros
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddetetive
- deettive
- deteitve
- detetiev
- detetivve
- detettive
- detetvie
- detteive
- dettetive
- dteetive
- edtetive
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of detetive - 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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).