estiagem
The verdict
“estiagem” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #28,968. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,968
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - seca
Corpus desk
Index PT-estiagem · estiagem · Portuguese
estiagem · rank #28,968 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #28,968
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH esgrima
Nearest frequency peer: esgrima (-3 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 “estiagem”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- embriaguez
embriaguez
71,050 corpus weight
- empecilho
empecilho
71,048 corpus weight
- encarnado
encarnado
71,047 corpus weight
- errante
errante
71,041 corpus weight
- esgrima
esgrima
71,036 corpus weight
- estiagem
estiagem
71,033 corpus weight
What this shows “estiagem” 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 | estiagem |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #28,968 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “estiagem”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around estiagem, anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,968 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for estiagem, with forms such as "esitagem", "esstiagem", and "estaigem". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "estalagem", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is estiagem, spelled E-S-T-I-A-G-E-M.
Definition
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This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esitagem
- esstiagem
- estaigem
- estiaegm
- estiagemm
- estiaggem
- estiagme
- estigaem
- esttiagem
- etsiagem
- setiagem
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estiagem - 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.
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 "estiagem", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).