iguana
The verdict
“iguana” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #45,882. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,882
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nome genérico de diversos répteis lacertílios da família dos iguanídeos (Iguanadae), originários das regiões temperadas e tropicais das Américas Central e do Sul
Corpus desk
Index PT-iguana · iguana · Portuguese
iguana · rank #45,882 · 6 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,882
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH idealizar
Nearest frequency peer: idealizar (-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 “iguana”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- homilia
homilia
54,125 corpus weight
- ici
ici
54,121 corpus weight
- idealizar
idealizar
54,120 corpus weight
- iguana
iguana
54,119 corpus weight
- impiedosame…
impiedosamente
54,115 corpus weight
- incorruptív…
incorruptível
54,113 corpus weight
What this shows “iguana” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | iguana |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #45,882 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “iguana”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around iguana, anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,882 among 938 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "nome genérico de diversos répteis lacertílios da família dos iguanídeos (Iguanadae), originários das regiões temperadas e tropicais das Américas Central e do Sul".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for iguana, with forms such as "igauna", "igguana", and "iguaan". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "iguaria", "Iguaçu", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is iguana, spelled I-G-U-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1nome genérico de diversos répteis lacertílios da família dos iguanídeos (Iguanadae), originários das regiões temperadas e tropicais das Américas Central e do Sul
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how iguana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Neindorf disse que dez répteis, uma tartaruga, quatros lagartos de língua azul, dois dragões-barbudos, dois diabos-espinhosos e um iguana de 20 anos e de 1,8 metro foram jogados para Terry, o crocodilo de 200 quilos.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- igauna
- igguana
- iguaan
- iguanna
- igunaa
- iugana
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of iguana - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
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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 (6 here; floor ≥5).