heterossexual
/ɛ.tɨ.ɾɔ.sɛ.ˈkswaɫ/
The verdict
“heterossexual” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #23,684 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #23,684
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 13
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aquele que sente atração por indivíduos de sexo diferente do dele
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heterossexual |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɛ.tɨ.ɾɔ.sɛ.ˈkswaɫ/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #23,684 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “heterossexual” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for heterossexual is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɛ.tɨ.ɾɔ.sɛ.ˈkswaɫ/. Corpus data places it at rank #23,684 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "aquele que sente atração por indivíduos de sexo diferente do dele".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for heterossexual, with forms such as "ehterossexual", "heetrossexual", and "heteorssexual". 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. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is heterossexual, spelled H-E-T-E-R-O-S-S-E-X-U-A-L.
Definition
- 1aquele que sente atração por indivíduos de sexo diferente do dele
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ehterossexual,heetrossexual,heteorssexual,heterosesxual,heterosexual,heterosseuxal,heterossexaul,heterossexuall,heterossexula,heterossexxual,heterossxeual,heterrossexual,hetersosexual,hetreossexual,hetterossexual,hheterossexual,hteerossexual
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of heterossexual - 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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Using “heterossexual”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-E-T-E-R-O-S-S-E-X-U-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɛ.tɨ.ɾɔ.sɛ.ˈkswaɫ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.