diagonal
/djɐ.ɡu.ˈnaɫ/
The verdict
“diagonal” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #22,611. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,611
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - oblíquo, atravessado:
Corpus desk
Index PT-diagonal · diagonal · Portuguese
diagonal · rank #22,611 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,611
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH deveras
Nearest frequency peer: deveras (-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 “diagonal”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- descuido
descuido
77,395 corpus weight
- desmontar
desmontar
77,394 corpus weight
- destruidor
destruidor
77,393 corpus weight
- deveras
deveras
77,391 corpus weight
- diagonal
diagonal
77,390 corpus weight
- direction
direction
77,386 corpus weight
What this shows “diagonal” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diagonal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /djɐ.ɡu.ˈnaɫ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #22,611 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “diagonal”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around diagonal (IPA /djɐ.ɡu.ˈnaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,611 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "oblíquo, atravessado:".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for diagonal, with forms such as "daigonal", "ddiagonal", and "diaggonal". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is diagonal, spelled D-I-A-G-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1oblíquo, atravessado:
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how diagonal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
São dois traços diagonais assinalando a igualdade dos lados.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- daigonal
- ddiagonal
- diaggonal
- diagnoal
- diagoanl
- diagonall
- diagonla
- diagonnal
- diaognal
- digaonal
- idagonal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of diagonal - 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.
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).