epidemia

/e.pi.dɨ.ˈmi.ɐ/

//e.pi.dɨ.ˈmi.ɐ// noun

The verdict

“epidemia” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,332. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,332
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ocorrência repentina de muitos casos de uma doença

Corpus desk

Index PT-epidemia · epidemia · Portuguese

epidemia · rank #9,332 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,332
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH escassez

Nearest frequency peer: escassez (+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 “epidemia”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “epidemia” 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
Key facts for epidemia
PropertyValue
Headwordepidemia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/e.pi.dɨ.ˈmi.ɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,332
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “epidemia”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.epidemiacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “escassez” (#9,333), “Einstein” (#9,330), “especialidade” (#9,334). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “epidemia” fica em #9,332. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around epidemia (IPA /e.pi.dɨ.ˈmi.ɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,332 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for epidemia, with forms such as "eipdemia", "epdiemia", and "epiddemia". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is epidemia, spelled E-P-I-D-E-M-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ocorrência repentina de muitos casos de uma doença
  2. 2
    aumento rápido na ocorrência de algo
  3. 3
    crime que consiste em causar epidemia, segundo o Artigo 267 do Código Penal Brasileiro de 1940

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A pena para o crime de epidemia é de 10 a 15 anos de reclusão e pode ser agravada em até o dobro se houver como resultado a morte de alguém. Se o crime for culposo a pena aplicada é detenção de um a dois anos, ou, se resulta morte, de dois a quatro anos.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eipdemia
  • epdiemia
  • epiddemia
  • epideima
  • epidemai
  • epidemmia
  • epidmeia
  • epiedmia
  • eppidemia
  • peidemia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

eipdemia2epdiemia2epiddemia1epideima2epidemai2epidemmia1epidmeia2epiedmia2
Edit distance from "epidemia"

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 "epidemia"?
"epidemia" is spelled E-P-I-D-E-M-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /e.pi.dɨ.ˈmi.ɐ/.
What does "epidemia" mean?
As a noun, "epidemia" means: ocorrência repentina de muitos casos de uma doença
What are common misspellings of "epidemia"?
Common misspellings include "eipdemia", "epdiemia", "epiddemia", "epideima", "epidemai". The correct spelling is "epidemia".
How do you pronounce "epidemia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "epidemia" is /e.pi.dɨ.ˈmi.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "epidemia" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "epidemia", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list