étnico

/ˈɛt.ni.ku/

//ˈɛt.ni.ku// adj

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The verdict

“étnico” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,495. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,495
frequency rank, Portuguese
14
“É” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pertencente ou relativo a uma etnia

Corpus desk

Index PT-etnico · étnico · Portuguese

étnico · rank #14,495 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,495
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 14
  • PHOTO-FINISH viés

Nearest frequency peer: viés (-4 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 “étnico”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “étnico” 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).

étnico vs eunuco
50% similar
étnico vs ética
67% similar
étnico vs épico
67% similar

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

Key facts for étnico
PropertyValue
Headwordétnico
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈɛt.ni.ku/
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,495
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “étnico”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).étnicocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “viés” (#14,491), “acolhimento” (#14,499), “activa” (#14,500). Entre 14 lemas com “É”, “étnico” fica em #14,495. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around étnico (IPA /ˈɛt.ni.ku/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,495 among 14 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "pertencente ou relativo a uma etnia".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for étnico, with forms such as "ténico", "éntico", and "étinco". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "eunuco", "ética", "épico", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 étnico, spelled É-T-N-I-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    pertencente ou relativo a uma etnia

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O separatismo étnico baseado no exemplo do Kosovo fragmentaria a Geórgia, que pelo mesmo critério cederia autonomia à Abkházia e à Ossétia do Sul.

This word in other languages

ethnic(English)étnico(Español)ethnique(Français)ethnisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ténico
  • éntico
  • étinco
  • étncio
  • étnicco
  • étnioc
  • étnnico
  • éttnico

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ténico2éntico2étinco2étncio2étnicco1étnioc2étnnico1éttnico1
Edit distance from "étnico"

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 "étnico"?
"étnico" is spelled É-T-N-I-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɛt.ni.ku/.
What does "étnico" mean?
As an adjective, "étnico" means: pertencente ou relativo a uma etnia
What words are commonly confused with "étnico"?
"étnico" is commonly confused with "eunuco", "ética", "épico". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "étnico"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "étnico" is /ˈɛt.ni.ku/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "étnico" come from?
"étnico" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

activa#14,500traído#14,484tambor#14,471Canada#14,531

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

coruja8 variantsovelha8 variantsdébito8 variantsmanejo8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list