escondido

adj

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The verdict

“escondido” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,629. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,629
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - oculto, fora do olhar

Corpus desk

Index PT-escondido · escondido · Portuguese

escondido · rank #5,629 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,629
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH escada

Nearest frequency peer: escada (-3 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 “escondido”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “escondido” 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).

escondido vs escolhido
78% similar

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

Key facts for escondido
PropertyValue
Headwordescondido
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,629
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “escondido”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).escondidocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “escada” (#5,626), “espanhóis” (#5,632), “exportação” (#5,634). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “escondido” fica em #5,629. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around escondido, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,629 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "oculto, fora do olhar".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for escondido, with forms such as "ecsondido", "esccondido", and "escnodido". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "escolhido", 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is escondido, spelled E-S-C-O-N-D-I-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    oculto, fora do olhar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Apesar da violência crescente nas terras escondidas do Brasil, alerta a OEI que as taxas de homicídios nas grandes cidades não podem ser esquecidas.

This word in other languages

hidden(English)oculto(Español)caché(Français)verdeckt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecsondido
  • esccondido
  • escnodido
  • escodnido
  • esconddido
  • esconddio
  • escondiddo
  • escondiod
  • esconiddo
  • esconndido
  • esocndido
  • esscondido
  • secondido

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ecsondido2esccondido1escnodido2escodnido2esconddido1esconddio2escondiddo1escondiod2
Edit distance from "escondido"

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 "escondido"?
"escondido" is spelled E-S-C-O-N-D-I-D-O.
What does "escondido" mean?
As an adjective, "escondido" means: oculto, fora do olhar
What words are commonly confused with "escondido"?
"escondido" is commonly confused with "escolhido". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "escondido" come from?
"escondido" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

espanhóis#5,632florestal#5,637geladeira#5,639culinária#5,618

Similar misspelling depth

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

exportação13 variantstelemóvel13 variantscondenação13 variantsterrorista13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list