glaucoma
/ɡlaw.ˈko.mɐ/
The verdict
“glaucoma” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #44,875. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,875
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - designação genérica de um grupo de doenças que atingem o nervo ótico e envolvem a perda de células ganglionares da retina num padrão característico de neuropatia ótica
Corpus desk
Index PT-glaucoma · glaucoma · Portuguese
glaucoma · rank #44,875 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,875
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH germinação
Nearest frequency peer: germinação (-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 “glaucoma”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- freneticame…
freneticamente
55,135 corpus weight
- fronha
fronha
55,134 corpus weight
- fénix
fénix
55,131 corpus weight
- germinação
germinação
55,127 corpus weight
- glaucoma
glaucoma
55,126 corpus weight
- graduar
graduar
55,121 corpus weight
What this shows “glaucoma” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glaucoma |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡlaw.ˈko.mɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #44,875 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “glaucoma”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around glaucoma (IPA /ɡlaw.ˈko.mɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,875 among 521 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "designação genérica de um grupo de doenças que atingem o nervo ótico e envolvem a perda de células ganglionares da retina num padrão característico de neuropatia ótica".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for glaucoma, with forms such as "galucoma", "gglaucoma", and "glacuoma". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is glaucoma, spelled G-L-A-U-C-O-M-A.
Definition
- 1designação genérica de um grupo de doenças que atingem o nervo ótico e envolvem a perda de células ganglionares da retina num padrão característico de neuropatia ótica
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how glaucoma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A falta do remédio pode causar problemas cardíacos, glaucoma, insuficiência renal e deficiências circulatórias.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- galucoma
- gglaucoma
- glacuoma
- glauccoma
- glaucmoa
- glaucoam
- glaucomma
- glauocma
- gllaucoma
- gluacoma
- lgaucoma
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of glaucoma - 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 "glaucoma", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).