leucemia
The verdict
“leucemia” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #15,610 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #15,610
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - neoplasia maligna que atinge o sangue mas que tem origem na medula óssea
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leucemia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,610 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “leucemia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for leucemia is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #15,610 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "neoplasia maligna que atinge o sangue mas que tem origem na medula óssea".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for leucemia, with forms such as "elucemia", "lecuemia", and "leuccemia". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is leucemia, spelled L-E-U-C-E-M-I-A.
Definition
- 1neoplasia maligna que atinge o sangue mas que tem origem na medula óssea
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: elucemia,lecuemia,leuccemia,leuceima,leucemai,leucemmia,leucmeia,leuecmia,lleucemia,luecemia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of leucemia - 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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Using “leucemia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-E-U-C-E-M-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.