externo

Name: externo, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ɪs.ˈter.nu/

//ɪs.ˈter.nu// adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“externo” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,420. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,420
frequency rank, Portuguese: 1,279
“E” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que está do lado de fora

Corpus desk

Index PT-externo · externo · Portuguese

externo · rank #6,420 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #6,420
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 1,279
PHOTO-FINISH expulso

Nearest frequency peer: expulso (-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.

explodir

93,583
expulso

93,582
externo

93,581
focar

93,579
forçar

93,578
fruta

93,577

What this shows “externo” 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).

externo vs eterno

86% similar

externo vs entorno

71% similar

externo vs enterro

71% similar

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

Key facts for externo
Property	Value
Headword	externo
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	/ɪs.ˈter.nu/
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#6,420
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	8
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “externo”

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

#6,420

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “expulso” (#6,419), “explodir” (#6,418), “focar” (#6,422). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “externo” fica em #6,420. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around externo (IPA /ɪs.ˈter.nu/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,420 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for externo, with forms such as "etxerno", "exetrno", and "extenro". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "eterno", "entorno", "enterro", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is externo, spelled E-X-T-E-R-N-O.

Definition

1
que está do lado de fora
2
relativo a um ou mais países estrangeiros
3
no exterior ou direcionado a um órgão ou algum outro acidente anatômico
4
diz-se do medicamento que se aplica sobre o corpo
5
diz-se da doença que se manifesta na superfície corporal
6
diz-se do aluno que não mora dentro da instituição de ensino

Synonyms

exterior

Antonyms

interno

This word in other languages

external(English)externo(Español)externe(Français)äußerlich(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

etxerno
exetrno
extenro
externno
exteron
exterrno
extreno
extterno
exxterno
xeterno

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "externo"

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 "externo"?

"externo" is spelled E-X-T-E-R-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɪs.ˈter.nu/.

What does "externo" mean?

As an adjective, "externo" means: que está do lado de fora

What words are commonly confused with "externo"?

"externo" is commonly confused with "eterno", "entorno", "enterro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "externo"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "externo" is /ɪs.ˈter.nu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "externo" come from?

"externo" 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 "externo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

expulso#6,419 largura#6,441 confuso#6,393 nomeado#6,451

Similar misspelling depth

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

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