longo
/ˈlõ.ɡu/
The verdict
“longo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #479. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #479
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - de grande extensão, comprido
Corpus desk
Index PT-longo · longo · Portuguese
longo · rank #479 · 7 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #479
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH legal
Nearest frequency peer: legal (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “longo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- educação
educação
99,527 corpus weight
- fato
fato
99,526 corpus weight
- legal
legal
99,523 corpus weight
- longo
longo
99,522 corpus weight
- si
si
99,519 corpus weight
- uns
uns
99,516 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “longo” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | longo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈlõ.ɡu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #479 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “longo” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around longo (IPA /ˈlõ.ɡu/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #479 among 581 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for longo, with forms such as "llongo", "lnogo", and "logno". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "louco", "louro", "logo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is longo, spelled L-O-N-G-O.
Definition
- 1de grande extensão, comprido
- 2de grande duração, duradouro
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- llongo
- lnogo
- logno
- longgo
- lonngo
- lonog
- olngo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of longo - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "longo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "longo". Here's where to go from here.
- "longo" maps to 16 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "louco". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #479 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "L" letter cohort. L–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.