imbecil
/ĩ.beˈsiw/ [ĩ.beˈsiʊ̯]
The verdict
“imbecil” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,696. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,696
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se da pessoa que diz ou que faz imbecilidades
Corpus desk
Index PT-imbecil · imbecil · Portuguese
imbecil · rank #9,696 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,696
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH iminente
Nearest frequency peer: iminente (+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 “imbecil”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- horrores
horrores
90,308 corpus weight
- imbecil
imbecil
90,305 corpus weight
- iminente
iminente
90,304 corpus weight
- imperial
imperial
90,303 corpus weight
- imprimir
imprimir
90,302 corpus weight
- India
India
90,301 corpus weight
What this shows “imbecil” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | imbecil |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ĩ.beˈsiw/ [ĩ.beˈsiʊ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,696 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “imbecil”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around imbecil (IPA /ĩ.beˈsiw/ [ĩ.beˈsiʊ̯]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,696 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for imbecil, with forms such as "ibmecil", "imbbecil", and "imbceil". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is imbecil, spelled I-M-B-E-C-I-L.
Definition
- 1diz-se da pessoa que diz ou que faz imbecilidades
- 2diz-se da pessoa de caráter ingênuo
- 3aquele que demonstra covardia, pusilanimidade
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ibmecil
- imbbecil
- imbceil
- imbeccil
- imbecill
- imbecli
- imbeicl
- imebcil
- immbecil
- mibecil
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of imbecil - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "imbecil", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).