litígio

noun

The verdict

“litígio” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #22,710. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,710
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - disputa; questão; controvérsia

Corpus desk

Index PT-litigio · litígio · Portuguese

litígio · rank #22,710 · 9 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #22,710
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH lock

Nearest frequency peer: lock (+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 “litígio”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “litígio” 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).

litígio vs lítio
57% similar

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

Key facts for litígio
PropertyValue
Headwordlitígio
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,710
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “litígio”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.litígiocai 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 “lock” (#22,711), “lebre” (#22,704), “lato” (#22,703). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “litígio” fica em #22,710. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around litígio, anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,710 among 581 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "disputa; questão; controvérsia".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for litígio, with forms such as "iltígio", "litgíio", and "littígio". 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, "lítio", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is litígio, spelled L-I-T-Í-G-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    disputa; questão; controvérsia

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ou seja, nenhum novo litígio seria iniciado como represália à suspensão das negociações.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iltígio
  • litgíio
  • littígio
  • litíggio
  • litígoi
  • litíigo
  • liítgio
  • llitígio
  • ltiígio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of litígio - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

iltígio2litgíio2littígio1litíggio1litígoi2litíigo2liítgio2llitígio1
Edit distance from "litígio"

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 "litígio"?
"litígio" is spelled L-I-T-Í-G-I-O.
What does "litígio" mean?
As a noun, "litígio" means: disputa; questão; controvérsia
What words are commonly confused with "litígio"?
"litígio" is commonly confused with "lítio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "litígio" come from?
"litígio" 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 "litígio", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list