idiota
/ɪ.ʤɪ.ˈɔ.tɐ/, /ɪ.ˈʤɔ.tɐ/
The verdict
“idiota” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,191. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,191
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que diz ou faz tolices
Corpus desk
Index PT-idiota · idiota · Portuguese
idiota · rank #2,191 · 7 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #2,191
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH horrível
Nearest frequency peer: horrível (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “idiota”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- familiar
familiar
97,814 corpus weight
- horizonte
horizonte
97,812 corpus weight
- horrível
horrível
97,811 corpus weight
- idiota
idiota
97,810 corpus weight
- imaginar
imaginar
97,809 corpus weight
- inteligência
inteligência
97,808 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “idiota” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | idiota |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪ.ʤɪ.ˈɔ.tɐ/, /ɪ.ˈʤɔ.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,191 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “idiota” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around idiota (IPA /ɪ.ʤɪ.ˈɔ.tɐ/, /ɪ.ˈʤɔ.tɐ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,191 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for idiota, with forms such as "diiota", "iddiota", and "idioat". 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, "idioma", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is idiota, spelled I-D-I-O-T-A.
Definition
- 1que diz ou faz tolices
- 2que possui caráter simplório
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- diiota
- iddiota
- idioat
- idiotta
- iditoa
- idoita
- iidota
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of idiota - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "idiota", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "idiota". Here's where to go from here.
- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "idioma". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,191 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "I" letter cohort. I–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.