esterno
/iʃ.ˈtɛɾ.nu/
The verdict
“esterno” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #48,398. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,398
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - osso chato, localizado na parte anterior do tórax, composto de três partes: o manúbrio, o corpo e a apófise xifóide
Corpus desk
Index PT-esterno · esterno · Portuguese
esterno · rank #48,398 · 10 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,398
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH estreitamento
Nearest frequency peer: estreitamento (+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 “esterno”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- enxoval
enxoval
51,610 corpus weight
- esterno
esterno
51,603 corpus weight
- estreitamen…
estreitamento
51,602 corpus weight
- etimologia
etimologia
51,598 corpus weight
- eufórico
eufórico
51,597 corpus weight
- exegese
exegese
51,593 corpus weight
What this shows “esterno” 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 | esterno |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iʃ.ˈtɛɾ.nu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,398 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “esterno”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around esterno (IPA /iʃ.ˈtɛɾ.nu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,398 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "osso chato, localizado na parte anterior do tórax, composto de três partes: o manúbrio, o corpo e a apófise xifóide".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for esterno, with forms such as "esetrno", "essterno", and "estenro". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "eterno", "externo", "Estêvão", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is esterno, spelled E-S-T-E-R-N-O.
Definition
- 1osso chato, localizado na parte anterior do tórax, composto de três partes: o manúbrio, o corpo e a apófise xifóide
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esetrno
- essterno
- estenro
- esternno
- esteron
- esterrno
- estreno
- estterno
- etserno
- seterno
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of esterno - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "esterno", 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).