lésbico

adj

The verdict

“lésbico” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #32,676. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,676
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - de Lesbos, uma famosa ilha grega

Corpus desk

Index PT-lesbico · lésbico · Portuguese

lésbico · rank #32,676 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #32,676
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH literacia

Nearest frequency peer: literacia (-5 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 “lésbico”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “lésbico” 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).

lésbico vs lésbica
86% similar

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

Key facts for lésbico
PropertyValue
Headwordlésbico
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,676
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “lésbico”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “literacia” (#32,671), “lightning” (#32,667), “mica” (#32,689). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “lésbico” fica em #32,676. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around lésbico, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,676 among 581 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for lésbico, with forms such as "llésbico", "lsébico", and "lébsico". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "lésbica", 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is lésbico, spelled L-É-S-B-I-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    de Lesbos, uma famosa ilha grega
  2. 2
    relativo à homossexualidade feminina

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A produção, sobre um romance lésbico, caiu nas graças da crítica internacional, que chegou a comparar a diretora ao espanhol Pedro Almodóvar.

Synonyms

lesbíacolesbianolésbio

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • llésbico
  • lsébico
  • lébsico
  • lésbbico
  • lésbcio
  • lésbicco
  • lésbioc
  • lésibco
  • léssbico
  • élsbico

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

llésbico1lsébico2lébsico2lésbbico1lésbcio2lésbicco1lésbioc2lésibco2
Edit distance from "lésbico"

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 "lésbico"?
"lésbico" is spelled L-É-S-B-I-C-O.
What does "lésbico" mean?
As an adjective, "lésbico" means: de Lesbos, uma famosa ilha grega
What words are commonly confused with "lésbico"?
"lésbico" is commonly confused with "lésbica". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "lésbico" come from?
"lésbico" 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 "lésbico", 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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list