idioma

noun

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The verdict

“idioma” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,316. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,316
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - linguagem falada e/ou escrita de uma população qualquer, com estrutura e regras próprias que lhe dão um caráter peculiar e diferenciado das outras

Corpus desk

Index PT-idioma · idioma · Portuguese

idioma · rank #4,316 · 7 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,316
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH long

Nearest frequency peer: long (+3 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 “idioma”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “idioma” 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).

idioma vs idiota
83% similar

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

Key facts for idioma
PropertyValue
Headwordidioma
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,316
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “idioma”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).idiomacai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “long” (#4,319), “Garcia” (#4,312), “maravilha” (#4,323). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “idioma” fica em #4,316. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around idioma, anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,316 among 938 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "linguagem falada e/ou escrita de uma população qualquer, com estrutura e regras próprias que lhe dão um caráter peculiar e diferenciado das outras".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for idioma, with forms such as "diioma", "iddioma", and "idimoa". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "idiota", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is idioma, spelled I-D-I-O-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    linguagem falada e/ou escrita de uma população qualquer, com estrutura e regras próprias que lhe dão um caráter peculiar e diferenciado das outras

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Falar outro idioma, que não o português, dificulta um pouco a viagem.

Synonyms

língualinguagemhumana

This word in other languages

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • diioma
  • iddioma
  • idimoa
  • idioam
  • idiomma
  • idoima
  • iidoma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

diioma2iddioma1idimoa2idioam2idiomma1idoima2iidoma2
Edit distance from "idioma"

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 "idioma"?
"idioma" is spelled I-D-I-O-M-A.
What does "idioma" mean?
As a noun, "idioma" means: linguagem falada e/ou escrita de uma população qualquer, com estrutura e regras próprias que lhe dão um caráter peculiar e diferenciado das outras
What words are commonly confused with "idioma"?
"idioma" is commonly confused with "idiota". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "idioma" come from?
"idioma" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Garcia#4,312apagar#4,285vestir#4,277actual#4,365

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

móvel7 variantsocorrer7 variantscarol7 variantsamplo7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list