escorpião
/iʃ.kuɾ.ˈpjɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“escorpião” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,360. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,360
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aracnídeo venenoso da ordem Scorpiones caracterizado por uma cauda de ponta venenosa e por um par de patas dianteiras na forma de pinças
Corpus desk
Index PT-escorpiao · escorpião · Portuguese
escorpião · rank #14,360 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,360
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH enrolar
Nearest frequency peer: enrolar (-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 “escorpião”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- enciclopédia
enciclopédia
85,647 corpus weight
- enrolar
enrolar
85,646 corpus weight
- escorpião
escorpião
85,641 corpus weight
- explicitame…
explicitamente
85,633 corpus weight
- fax
fax
85,631 corpus weight
- Florença
Florença
85,626 corpus weight
What this shows “escorpião” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escorpião |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iʃ.kuɾ.ˈpjɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #14,360 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “escorpião”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around escorpião (IPA /iʃ.kuɾ.ˈpjɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,360 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "aracnídeo venenoso da ordem Scorpiones caracterizado por uma cauda de ponta venenosa e por um par de patas dianteiras na forma de pinças".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for escorpião, with forms such as "ecsorpião", "esccorpião", and "escoprião". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is escorpião, spelled E-S-C-O-R-P-I-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1aracnídeo venenoso da ordem Scorpiones caracterizado por uma cauda de ponta venenosa e por um par de patas dianteiras na forma de pinças
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how escorpião appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cientistas dos EUA usaram com sucesso veneno sintético de escorpião para inserir iodo radioativo e reduzir tumores cerebrais chamados gliomas.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecsorpião
- esccorpião
- escoprião
- escoripão
- escorpioã
- escorppião
- escorpãio
- escorrpião
- escropião
- esocrpião
- esscorpião
- secorpião
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of escorpião - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).