estado
The verdict
“estado” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #134. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #134
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - circunstância em que se está, situação
Corpus desk
Index PT-estado · estado · Portuguese
estado · rank #134 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #134
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH durante
Nearest frequency peer: durante (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “estado”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- quer
quer
99,872 corpus weight
- trabalho
trabalho
99,870 corpus weight
- durante
durante
99,868 corpus weight
- estado
estado
99,867 corpus weight
- novo
novo
99,865 corpus weight
- seja
seja
99,863 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “estado” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | estado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #134 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “estado” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around estado, anoun. Corpus frequency is #134 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for estado, with forms such as "esatdo", "esstado", and "estaddo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "esto", "estar", "estilo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is estado, spelled E-S-T-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1circunstância em que se está, situação
- 2forma com a qual a matéria está agragada
- 3conjunto dos valores das grandezas de um sistema, capazes de caracterizar a situação física deste sistema
- 4nação, país
- 5subdivisão político-administrativa de um país (geralmente com inicial maiúscula)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how estado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Não lamentes, oh Nise, o teu estado;
Puta tem sido muita gente boa;
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esatdo
- esstado
- estaddo
- estaod
- estdao
- esttado
- etsado
- setado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estado - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "estado", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "estado". Here's where to go from here.
- "estado" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "esto". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #134 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.