electric
/ɪ.ˈlɛk.tɹɪk/
The verdict
“electric” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #19,420. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,420
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - elétrico:
Corpus desk
Index PT-electric · electric · Portuguese
electric · rank #19,420 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,420
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH duquesa
Nearest frequency peer: duquesa (-5 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 “electric”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- diligência
diligência
80,594 corpus weight
- duquesa
duquesa
80,586 corpus weight
- electric
electric
80,581 corpus weight
- ereção
ereção
80,576 corpus weight
- estampa
estampa
80,572 corpus weight
- estimulante
estimulante
80,571 corpus weight
What this shows “electric” 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 | electric |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪ.ˈlɛk.tɹɪk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #19,420 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “electric”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around electric (IPA /ɪ.ˈlɛk.tɹɪk/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,420 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for electric, with forms such as "eelctric", "elcetric", and "elecctric". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "elétrico", "electronic", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is electric, spelled E-L-E-C-T-R-I-C.
Definition
- 1elétrico:
- 2eletrizante
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how electric appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The streetcar was powered by an electric generator towed behind the car.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eelctric
- elcetric
- elecctric
- elecrtic
- electirc
- electrci
- electricc
- electrric
- electtric
- eletcric
- ellectric
- leectric
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of electric - 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 "electric", 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).