enlouquecer
/ẽ.low.kɨ.ˈseɾ/
The verdict
“enlouquecer” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,837. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,837
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,493
- “E” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tornar(-se) louco
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enlouquecer |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ẽ.low.kɨ.ˈseɾ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #14,837 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “enlouquecer” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around enlouquecer (IPA /ẽ.low.kɨ.ˈseɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,837 among 2,493 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for enlouquecer, with forms such as "elnouquecer", "enllouquecer", and "enloquuecer". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 enlouquecer, spelled E-N-L-O-U-Q-U-E-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1tornar(-se) louco
- 2desvairar
- 3perder o uso da razão
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elnouquecer
- enllouquecer
- enloquuecer
- enlouqeucer
- enlouqquecer
- enlouquceer
- enlouqueccer
- enlouquecerr
- enlouquecre
- enlouqueecr
- enlouuqecer
- enluoquecer
- ennlouquecer
- enoluquecer
- nelouquecer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enlouquecer - 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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Using “enlouquecer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-N-L-O-U-Q-U-E-C-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ẽ.low.kɨ.ˈseɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.