estados

noun

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The verdict

“estados” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #332. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#332
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural de estado

Corpus desk

Index PT-estados · estados · Portuguese

estados · rank #332 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #332
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH terra

Nearest frequency peer: terra (-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 “estados”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “estados” 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).

estados vs estudo
71% similar
estados vs estalo
71% similar
estados vs estado
86% similar

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

Key facts for estados
PropertyValue
Headwordestados
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#332
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “estados”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).estadoscai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “terra” (#331), “segurança” (#330), “exemplo” (#334). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “estados” fica em #332. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around estados, anoun. Corpus frequency is #332 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural de estado".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for estados, with forms such as "esatdos", "esstados", and "estaddos". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "estudo", "estalo", "estado", and more, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is estados, spelled E-S-T-A-D-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural de estado

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. E também nos heróis de altos estados

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esatdos
  • esstados
  • estaddos
  • estadoss
  • estadso
  • estaods
  • estdaos
  • esttados
  • etsados
  • setados

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esatdos2esstados1estaddos1estadoss1estadso2estaods2estdaos2esttados1
Edit distance from "estados"

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 "estados"?
"estados" is spelled E-S-T-A-D-O-S.
What does "estados" mean?
As a noun, "estados" means: plural de estado
What words are commonly confused with "estados"?
"estados" is commonly confused with "estudo", "estalo", "estado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "estados" come from?
"estados" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

exemplo#334polícia#357público#300projeto#288

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

processo10 variantssistema10 variantspossível10 variantsdifícil10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list