higiénico
/i.ˈʒjɛ.ni.ku/
The verdict
“higiénico” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #49,506. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,506
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 995
- “H” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - referente à higiene
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | higiénico |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /i.ˈʒjɛ.ni.ku/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #49,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “higiénico” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around higiénico (IPA /i.ˈʒjɛ.ni.ku/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #49,506 among 995 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for higiénico, with forms such as "hgiiénico", "hhigiénico", and "higgiénico". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is higiénico, spelled H-I-G-I-É-N-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1referente à higiene
- 2saudável
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hgiiénico,hhigiénico,higgiénico,higinéico,higiéinco,higiéncio,higiénicco,higiénioc,higiénnico,higéinico,hiigénico,ihgiénico
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of higiénico - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “higiénico”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-I-G-I-É-N-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /i.ˈʒjɛ.ni.ku/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.