escolhido

adj

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The verdict

“escolhido” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,005. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,005
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - preferido

Corpus desk

Index PT-escolhido · escolhido · Portuguese

escolhido · rank #3,005 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,005
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH desistir

Nearest frequency peer: desistir (-2 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 “escolhido”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “escolhido” 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).

escolhido vs escolho
78% similar
escolhido vs escondido
78% similar
escolhido vs esculpido
78% similar

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

Key facts for escolhido
PropertyValue
Headwordescolhido
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,005
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “escolhido”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.escolhidocai 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 “desistir” (#3,003), “descoberta” (#3,002), “explosão” (#3,008). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “escolhido” fica em #3,005. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around escolhido, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,005 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for escolhido, with forms such as "ecsolhido", "esccolhido", and "esclohido". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "escolho", "escondido", "esculpido", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is escolhido, spelled E-S-C-O-L-H-I-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    preferido
  2. 2
    separado do que é mau ou bom

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. versos escolhidos

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecsolhido
  • esccolhido
  • esclohido
  • escohlido
  • escolhdio
  • escolhhido
  • escolhiddo
  • escolhiod
  • escolihdo
  • escollhido
  • esoclhido
  • esscolhido
  • secolhido

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of escolhido - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ecsolhido2esccolhido1esclohido2escohlido2escolhdio2escolhhido1escolhiddo1escolhiod2
Edit distance from "escolhido"

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 "escolhido"?
"escolhido" is spelled E-S-C-O-L-H-I-D-O.
What does "escolhido" mean?
As an adjective, "escolhido" means: preferido
What words are commonly confused with "escolhido"?
"escolhido" is commonly confused with "escolho", "escondido", "esculpido". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "escolhido" come from?
"escolhido" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list