estereótipo
/iʃ.tɛ.ˈɾjɔ.ti.pu/
The verdict
“estereótipo” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #22,312 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #22,312
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - algo impresso por estereotipia
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estereótipo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iʃ.tɛ.ˈɾjɔ.ti.pu/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #22,312 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “estereótipo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for estereótipo is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /iʃ.tɛ.ˈɾjɔ.ti.pu/. Corpus data places it at rank #22,312 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for estereótipo, with forms such as "esetreótipo", "esstereótipo", and "esteerótipo". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is estereótipo, spelled E-S-T-E-R-E-Ó-T-I-P-O.
Definition
- 1algo impresso por estereotipia
- 2conceito infundado sobre um determinado grupo social, atribuindo a todos os seres desse grupo uma característica, frequentemente depreciativa
- 3modelo irrefletido, imagem preconcebida e sem fundamento
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: esetreótipo,esstereótipo,esteerótipo,esteretóipo,estereóitpo,estereótiop,estereótippo,estereótpio,estereóttipo,esterreótipo,esteróetipo,estreeótipo,esttereótipo,etsereótipo,setereótipo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estereótipo - 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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Using “estereótipo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-S-T-E-R-E-Ó-T-I-P-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /iʃ.tɛ.ˈɾjɔ.ti.pu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.