helicóptero
The verdict
“helicóptero” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,534. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,534
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - classe de engenhos mais pesados que o ar que decolam na vertical e são sustentados no ar por asas ou lâminas rotatórias que giram em eixos verticais por meio de energia fornecida por um motor
Corpus desk
Index PT-helicoptero · helicóptero · Portuguese
helicóptero · rank #7,534 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,534
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH governar
Nearest frequency peer: governar (-2 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 “helicóptero”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- fofo
fofo
92,472 corpus weight
- golfo
golfo
92,471 corpus weight
- governar
governar
92,469 corpus weight
- helicóptero
helicóptero
92,467 corpus weight
- islâmico
islâmico
92,465 corpus weight
- lamentável
lamentável
92,462 corpus weight
What this shows “helicóptero” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | helicóptero |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #7,534 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “helicóptero”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around helicóptero, anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,534 among 409 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "classe de engenhos mais pesados que o ar que decolam na vertical e são sustentados no ar por asas ou lâminas rotatórias que giram em eixos verticais por meio de energia fornecida por um motor".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for helicóptero, with forms such as "ehlicóptero", "heilcóptero", and "helcióptero". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is helicóptero, spelled H-E-L-I-C-Ó-P-T-E-R-O.
Definition
- 1classe de engenhos mais pesados que o ar que decolam na vertical e são sustentados no ar por asas ou lâminas rotatórias que giram em eixos verticais por meio de energia fornecida por um motor
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how helicóptero appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Só tem três coisas que param no ar: beija-flor, helicóptero e Dadá Maravilha
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehlicóptero
- heilcóptero
- helcióptero
- heliccóptero
- helicpótero
- helicópetro
- helicópptero
- helicópteor
- helicópterro
- helicóptreo
- helicópttero
- helicótpero
- heliócptero
- hellicóptero
- hhelicóptero
- hleicóptero
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of helicóptero - 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.
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 "helicóptero", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).