higiene
/i.ˈʒjɛ.nɨ/
The verdict
“higiene” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,635. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,635
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parte da medicina que prescreve as regras para conservar a saúde
Corpus desk
Index PT-higiene · higiene · Portuguese
higiene · rank #8,635 · 9 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,635
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH hierarquia
Nearest frequency peer: hierarquia (-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 “higiene”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- hierarquia
hierarquia
91,367 corpus weight
- higiene
higiene
91,366 corpus weight
- improvável
improvável
91,365 corpus weight
- inconsciente
inconsciente
91,364 corpus weight
- intimidade
intimidade
91,363 corpus weight
- Liam
Liam
91,358 corpus weight
What this shows “higiene” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | higiene |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /i.ˈʒjɛ.nɨ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,635 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “higiene”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around higiene (IPA /i.ˈʒjɛ.nɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,635 among 409 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for higiene, with forms such as "hgiiene", "hhigiene", and "higeine". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is higiene, spelled H-I-G-I-E-N-E.
Definition
- 1parte da medicina que prescreve as regras para conservar a saúde
- 2limpeza
- 3asseio
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hgiiene
- hhigiene
- higeine
- higgiene
- higieen
- higienne
- higinee
- hiigene
- ihgiene
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of higiene - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).