esmalte
/iʒ.ˈmaɫ.tɨ/
The verdict
“esmalte” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,669. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,669
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - camada vítrea que se aplica sobre objetos de metal, de porcelana, etc
Corpus desk
Index PT-esmalte · esmalte · Portuguese
esmalte · rank #12,669 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,669
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH espanto
Nearest frequency peer: espanto (+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 “esmalte”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- encaixar
encaixar
87,339 corpus weight
- esmalte
esmalte
87,332 corpus weight
- espanto
espanto
87,331 corpus weight
- esponja
esponja
87,330 corpus weight
- estupidez
estupidez
87,329 corpus weight
- evangélico
evangélico
87,327 corpus weight
What this shows “esmalte” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esmalte |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iʒ.ˈmaɫ.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,669 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “esmalte”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around esmalte (IPA /iʒ.ˈmaɫ.tɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,669 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for esmalte, with forms such as "emsalte", "esamlte", and "esmalet". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "estate", "estante", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is esmalte, spelled E-S-M-A-L-T-E.
Definition
- 1camada vítrea que se aplica sobre objetos de metal, de porcelana, etc
- 2revestimento que protege a coroa dos dentes
- 3tinta brilhante
- 4tinta com a qual se pinta a unhas
- 5brilho; esplendor; realce
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emsalte
- esamlte
- esmalet
- esmallte
- esmaltte
- esmatle
- esmlate
- esmmalte
- essmalte
- semalte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of esmalte - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "esmalte", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).