heterossexual
/ɛ.tɨ.ɾɔ.sɛ.ˈkswaɫ/
The verdict
“heterossexual” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,684. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,684
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aquele que sente atração por indivíduos de sexo diferente do dele
Corpus desk
Index PT-heterossexual · heterossexual · Portuguese
heterossexual · rank #23,684 · 17 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,684
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH hear
Nearest frequency peer: hear (-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 “heterossexual”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- habitável
habitável
76,321 corpus weight
- hasta
hasta
76,320 corpus weight
- hawk
hawk
76,319 corpus weight
- hear
hear
76,318 corpus weight
- heterossexu…
heterossexual
76,317 corpus weight
- inaugurar
inaugurar
76,312 corpus weight
What this shows “heterossexual” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| 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) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “heterossexual”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around heterossexual (IPA /ɛ.tɨ.ɾɔ.sɛ.ˈkswaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,684 among 409 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "heterossexual", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).