génio
/ˈʒɛ.nju/
The verdict
“génio” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #26,765. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,765
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espírito bom ou mau;
Corpus desk
Index PT-genio · génio · Portuguese
génio · rank #26,765 · 6 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,765
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH goiaba
Nearest frequency peer: goiaba (-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 “génio”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- fragrância
fragrância
73,246 corpus weight
- goiaba
goiaba
73,239 corpus weight
- génio
génio
73,236 corpus weight
- horda
horda
73,232 corpus weight
- hálito
hálito
73,231 corpus weight
- iludir
iludir
73,230 corpus weight
What this shows “génio” 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 | génio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʒɛ.nju/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #26,765 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “génio”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around génio (IPA /ˈʒɛ.nju/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,765 among 521 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for génio, with forms such as "ggénio", "gnéio", and "géino". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "gente", "gesto", "gerir", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is génio, spelled G-É-N-I-O.
Definition
- 1espírito bom ou mau;
- 2característica; dom; dote; índole; predicado; qualidade; temperamento;
- 3elevado grau de grande talento inato;
- 4braveza; irascibilidade.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggénio
- gnéio
- géino
- génnio
- génoi
- égnio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of génio - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "génio", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).