gato
[ˈgätʊ]
The verdict
“gato” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,273. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,273
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bonito
Corpus desk
Index PT-gato · gato · Portuguese
gato · rank #2,273 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,273
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH fundos
Nearest frequency peer: fundos (-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 “gato”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- debate
debate
97,731 corpus weight
- evolução
evolução
97,730 corpus weight
- fundos
fundos
97,729 corpus weight
- gato
gato
97,728 corpus weight
- inverno
inverno
97,726 corpus weight
- janela
janela
97,725 corpus weight
What this shows “gato” 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 | gato |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈgätʊ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #2,273 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “gato”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around gato (IPA [ˈgätʊ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,273 among 521 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "bonito".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for gato, with forms such as "agto", "gaot", and "gatto". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "go", "gay", "get", 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is gato, spelled G-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1bonito
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agto
- gaot
- gatto
- ggato
- gtao
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gato - 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 "gato", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).