líquido

//ˈli.ki.du// adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,439

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

líquido is anPortugueseadj. It means: diz-se da substância que está no estado físico que permite o arranjo das moléculas à forma do recipiente que as contêm Pronounced /ˈli.ki.du/. It ranks #5,439 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with liquid and liquidar.

Key facts for líquido
PropertyValue
Headwordlíquido
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ˈli.ki.du/
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,439
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of líquido in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for líquido is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈli.ki.du/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,439 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for líquido, with forms such as "llíquido", "lqíuido", and "líqiudo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "liquid", "liquidar", "liquidez", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is líquido, spelled L-Í-Q-U-I-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    diz-se da substância que está no estado físico que permite o arranjo das moléculas à forma do recipiente que as contêm
  2. 2
    diz-se do estado físico das substâncias líquidas

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: llíquido,lqíuido,líqiudo,líqquido,líqudio,líquiddo,líquiod,líuqido,ílquido

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for líquido

Misspelling Variants of "líquido"

llíquido8lqíuido7líqiudo7líqquido8líqudio7líquiddo8líquiod7líuqido7
Misspelling Variants of "líquido"

Frequency rank: #5,439 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "líquido"?
"líquido" is spelled L-Í-Q-U-I-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈli.ki.du/.
What does "líquido" mean?
As an adj, "líquido" means: diz-se da substância que está no estado físico que permite o arranjo das moléculas à forma do recipiente que as contêm
What words are commonly confused with "líquido"?
"líquido" is commonly confused with "liquid", "liquidar", "liquidez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "líquido"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "líquido" is /ˈli.ki.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "líquido" come from?
"líquido" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.