humano

adj

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The verdict

“humano” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #960. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#960
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo ou pertencente ao homem

Corpus desk

Index PT-humano · humano · Portuguese

humano · rank #960 · 8 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #960
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH globo

Nearest frequency peer: globo (-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 “humano”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “humano” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

humano vs húmido
50% similar
humano vs humana
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for humano
PropertyValue
Headwordhumano
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#960
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “humano”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).humanocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “globo” (#959), “formação” (#958), “estilo” (#956). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “humano” fica em #960. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around humano, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #960 among 409 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for humano, with forms such as "hhumano", "hmuano", and "huamno". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "húmido", "humana", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is humano, spelled H-U-M-A-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo ou pertencente ao homem
  2. 2
    relativo ao homem bondoso

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how humano appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O mel contém vitaminas, minerais e compostos fenólicos, componentes benéficos ao organismo humano.

Synonyms

humanalhumanitário

This word in other languages

human(English)humano(Español)humain(Français)menschlich(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhumano
  • hmuano
  • huamno
  • humanno
  • humaon
  • hummano
  • humnao
  • uhmano

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of humano - 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.

hhumano1hmuano2huamno2humanno1humaon2hummano1humnao2uhmano2
Edit distance from "humano"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "humano"?
"humano" is spelled H-U-M-A-N-O.
What does "humano" mean?
As an adjective, "humano" means: relativo ou pertencente ao homem
What words are commonly confused with "humano"?
"humano" is commonly confused with "húmido", "humana". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "humano" come from?
"humano" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "humano", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

estilo#956missão#965médico#968normal#970

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

direção8 variantstítulo8 variantsestudo8 variantscabelo8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list