heroísmo
/i.ˈɾwiʒ.mu/
The verdict
“heroísmo” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #21,479. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,479
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 995
- “H” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - qualidade de quem é herói ou daquilo que é heroico
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 | heroísmo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /i.ˈɾwiʒ.mu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,479 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “heroísmo” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around heroísmo (IPA /i.ˈɾwiʒ.mu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,479 among 995 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for heroísmo, with forms such as "ehroísmo", "heorísmo", and "herosímo". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "heroico", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is heroísmo, spelled H-E-R-O-Í-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1qualidade de quem é herói ou daquilo que é heroico
- 2bravura
- 3coragem
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ehroísmo,heorísmo,herosímo,heroímso,heroísmmo,heroísom,heroíssmo,herroísmo,heríosmo,hheroísmo,hreoísmo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of heroísmo - 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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Using “heroísmo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-E-R-O-Í-S-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /i.ˈɾwiʒ.mu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “heroico” - see the side-by-side comparison. heroísmo vs heroico
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.