editor

noun

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The verdict

“editor” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,720. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,720
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o que ou aquele que edita:

Corpus desk

Index PT-editor · editor · Portuguese

editor · rank #2,720 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,720
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH drama

Nearest frequency peer: drama (-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 “editor”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “editor” 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).

editor vs êxito
50% similar
editor vs evitar
67% similar
editor vs emitir
67% similar

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

Key facts for editor
PropertyValue
Headwordeditor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,720
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “editor”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.editorcai 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 “drama” (#2,719), “especialista” (#2,722), “fechado” (#2,724). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “editor” fica em #2,720. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around editor, anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,720 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for editor, with forms such as "deitor", "edditor", and "ediotr". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "êxito", "evitar", "emitir", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 editor, spelled E-D-I-T-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    o que ou aquele que edita:
  2. 2
    proprietário ou responsável por casa editorial:
  3. 3
    numa publicação periódica, responsável por uma secção:

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how editor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O “OpenOffice” é um editor de texto livre.
  2. O editor não quis publicar a obra.

This word in other languages

editor(English)editor(Español)éditeur(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • deitor
  • edditor
  • ediotr
  • editorr
  • editro
  • edittor
  • edtior
  • eidtor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of editor - 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.

deitor2edditor1ediotr2editorr1editro2edittor1edtior2eidtor2
Edit distance from "editor"

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 "editor"?
"editor" is spelled E-D-I-T-O-R.
What does "editor" mean?
As a noun, "editor" means: o que ou aquele que edita:
What words are commonly confused with "editor"?
"editor" is commonly confused with "êxito", "evitar", "emitir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "editor" come from?
"editor" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

poesia#2,698Peixes#2,744Robert#2,749Marcas#2,690

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

unidas8 variantsHenry8 variantscoluna8 variantscolega8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list