limpo

adj

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The verdict

“limpo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,244. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,244
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que não tem mancha ou sujidade

Corpus desk

Index PT-limpo · limpo · Portuguese

limpo · rank #4,244 · 7 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,244
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH libertação

Nearest frequency peer: libertação (-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 “limpo”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “limpo” 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).

limpo vs lip
60% similar
limpo vs lixo
60% similar
limpo vs liso
60% similar

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

Key facts for limpo
PropertyValue
Headwordlimpo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,244
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “limpo”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).limpocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “libertação” (#4,243), “metro” (#4,246), “micro” (#4,247). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “limpo” fica em #4,244. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around limpo, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,244 among 581 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for limpo, with forms such as "ilmpo", "limmpo", and "limop". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "lip", "lixo", "liso", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is limpo, spelled L-I-M-P-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que não tem mancha ou sujidade
  2. 2
    não misturado com outros elementos
  3. 3
    sem poluição, puro
  4. 4
    que habitualmente não estão sujos
  5. 5
    diz-se do papel sem nada escrito
  6. 6
    que tem poucas ou nenhuma correção; fácil de ler
  7. 7
    moralmente puro; inocente
  8. 8
    inocente, que não cometeu crime
  9. 9
    que não tem um histórico na polícia
  10. 10
    que não carrega drogas nem outros objetos ilícitos
  11. 11
    sem distrações visuais, sem ornamentações excessivas
  12. 12
    que sobra depois de se deduzir as despesas

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. É preciso estar com as mãos limpas para mexer nos alimentos.
  2. É preciso usar areia limpa para filtrar a água.

This word in other languages

clean(English)limpio(Español)propre(Français)sauber(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilmpo
  • limmpo
  • limop
  • limppo
  • lipmo
  • llimpo
  • lmipo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ilmpo2limmpo1limop2limppo1lipmo2llimpo1lmipo2
Edit distance from "limpo"

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 "limpo"?
"limpo" is spelled L-I-M-P-O.
What does "limpo" mean?
As an adjective, "limpo" means: que não tem mancha ou sujidade
What words are commonly confused with "limpo"?
"limpo" is commonly confused with "lip", "lixo", "liso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "limpo" come from?
"limpo" 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 "limpo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

metro#4,246micro#4,247fator#4,234negar#4,257

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

César7 variantssolta7 variantsbraga7 variantsvolte7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list