icterícia
/ik.te.ˈɾi.sjɐ/
The verdict
“icterícia” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #49,518 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #49,518
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - afecção caracterizada pela amarelidão da pele e escleróticas, causada pelo excesso de bilirrubina no sangue
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | icterícia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ik.te.ˈɾi.sjɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #49,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “icterícia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for icterícia is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ik.te.ˈɾi.sjɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #49,518 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "afecção caracterizada pela amarelidão da pele e escleróticas, causada pelo excesso de bilirrubina no sangue".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for icterícia, with forms such as "citerícia", "iccterícia", and "icetrícia". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is icterícia, spelled I-C-T-E-R-Í-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1afecção caracterizada pela amarelidão da pele e escleróticas, causada pelo excesso de bilirrubina no sangue
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: citerícia,iccterícia,icetrícia,ictercíia,icterrícia,icterícai,icteríccia,icteríica,icteírcia,ictreícia,ictterícia,itcerícia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of icterícia - 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 “icterícia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-C-T-E-R-Í-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ik.te.ˈɾi.sjɐ/ (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.