lightning
/ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
The verdict
“lightning” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #32,667. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,667
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relâmpago
Corpus desk
Index PT-lightning · lightning · Portuguese
lightning · rank #32,667 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,667
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH literacia
Nearest frequency peer: literacia (+4 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 “lightning”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- Irish
Irish
67,345 corpus weight
- irreconhecí…
irreconhecível
67,343 corpus weight
- Josefina
Josefina
67,339 corpus weight
- lightning
lightning
67,334 corpus weight
- literacia
literacia
67,330 corpus weight
- lésbico
lésbico
67,325 corpus weight
What this shows “lightning” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lightning |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,667 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “lightning”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around lightning (IPA /ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,667 among 581 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "relâmpago".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for lightning, with forms such as "ilghtning", "lgihtning", and "ligghtning". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is lightning, spelled L-I-G-H-T-N-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1relâmpago
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilghtning
- lgihtning
- ligghtning
- lighhtning
- lighnting
- lightinng
- lightnign
- lightningg
- lightninng
- lightnnig
- lightnning
- lighttning
- ligthning
- lihgtning
- llightning
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lightning - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).