ilícito

//i.ˈli.si.tu// adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,028

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

ilícito is anPortugueseadj. It means: ilegal, proibido pela lei Pronounced /i.ˈli.si.tu/. Often confused with início and implícito.

Key facts for ilícito
PropertyValue
Headwordilícito
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/i.ˈli.si.tu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,028
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ilícito in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for ilícito is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /i.ˈli.si.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #20,028 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ilegal, proibido pela lei".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ilícito, with forms such as "ilcíito", "illícito", and "ilíccito". 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, "início", "implícito", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is ilícito, spelled I-L-Í-C-I-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ilegal, proibido pela lei

Antonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ilcíito,illícito,ilíccito,ilíciot,ilícitto,ilíctio,ilíicto,iílcito,liícito

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ilícito

Misspelling Variants of "ilícito"

ilcíito7illícito8ilíccito8ilíciot7ilícitto8ilíctio7ilíicto7iílcito7
Misspelling Variants of "ilícito"

Frequency rank: #20,028 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ilícito"?
"ilícito" is spelled I-L-Í-C-I-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /i.ˈli.si.tu/.
What does "ilícito" mean?
As an adj, "ilícito" means: ilegal, proibido pela lei
What words are commonly confused with "ilícito"?
"ilícito" is commonly confused with "início", "implícito". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ilícito"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ilícito" is /i.ˈli.si.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ilícito" come from?
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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.