fosfato

noun

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The verdict

“fosfato” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #34,725. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,725
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - íon poliatômico ou um radical consistindo de um átomo de fósforo e quatro de oxigênio

Corpus desk

Index PT-fosfato · fosfato · Portuguese

fosfato · rank #34,725 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,725
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH frisa

Nearest frequency peer: frisa (+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 “fosfato”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “fosfato” 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).

fosfato vs fósforo
57% similar
fosfato vs formato
71% similar

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

Key facts for fosfato
PropertyValue
Headwordfosfato
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#34,725
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “fosfato”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.fosfatocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “frisa” (#34,729), “fruit” (#34,730), “florista” (#34,718). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “fosfato” fica em #34,725. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around fosfato, anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,725 among 853 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "íon poliatômico ou um radical consistindo de um átomo de fósforo e quatro de oxigênio".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for fosfato, with forms such as "ffosfato", "fofsato", and "fosafto". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "fósforo", "formato", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is fosfato, spelled F-O-S-F-A-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    íon poliatômico ou um radical consistindo de um átomo de fósforo e quatro de oxigênio

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Fertilizantes à base de fosfato e potássio também não ficam atrás, com incremento de 89% e 71% no mesmo período.

This word in other languages

phosphate(English)fosfato(Español)phosphate(Français)Phosphate(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffosfato
  • fofsato
  • fosafto
  • fosfaot
  • fosfatto
  • fosffato
  • fosftao
  • fossfato
  • fsofato
  • ofsfato

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffosfato1fofsato2fosafto2fosfaot2fosfatto1fosffato1fosftao2fossfato1
Edit distance from "fosfato"

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 "fosfato"?
"fosfato" is spelled F-O-S-F-A-T-O.
What does "fosfato" mean?
As a noun, "fosfato" means: íon poliatômico ou um radical consistindo de um átomo de fósforo e quatro de oxigênio
What words are commonly confused with "fosfato"?
"fosfato" is commonly confused with "fósforo", "formato". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "fosfato" come from?
"fosfato" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

enxugar#34,687enxerto#34,686lástima#34,794blossom#34,591

Similar misspelling depth

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

colóquio10 variantscognição10 variantsarrepiado10 variantsarranhar10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list