negrito

noun

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“negrito” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #32,281. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,281
frequency rank, Portuguese
360
“N” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - uso de um traço mais grosso que o comum, utilizado para dar maior realce às palavras

Corpus desk

Index PT-negrito · negrito · Portuguese

negrito · rank #32,281 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #32,281
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 360
  • PHOTO-FINISH noble

Nearest frequency peer: noble (+2 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 “negrito”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “negrito” 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).

negrito vs negrão
71% similar

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

Key facts for negrito
PropertyValue
Headwordnegrito
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,281
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “negrito”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).negritocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “noble” (#32,283), “narciso” (#32,276), “nutrir” (#32,287). Entre 360 lemas com “N”, “negrito” fica em #32,281. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around negrito, anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,281 among 360 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "uso de um traço mais grosso que o comum, utilizado para dar maior realce às palavras".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for negrito, with forms such as "engrito", "neggrito", and "negirto". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "negrão", 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. The correct Portuguese form is negrito, spelled N-E-G-R-I-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    uso de um traço mais grosso que o comum, utilizado para dar maior realce às palavras

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O que for novo e não tiver sido lido aparece em negrito, e as repostas vindas de endereços diferentes são sinalizadas com cores alternadas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • engrito
  • neggrito
  • negirto
  • negriot
  • negritto
  • negrrito
  • negrtio
  • nergito
  • ngerito
  • nnegrito

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

engrito2neggrito1negirto2negriot2negritto1negrrito1negrtio2nergito2
Edit distance from "negrito"

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 "negrito"?
"negrito" is spelled N-E-G-R-I-T-O.
What does "negrito" mean?
As a noun, "negrito" means: uso de um traço mais grosso que o comum, utilizado para dar maior realce às palavras
What words are commonly confused with "negrito"?
"negrito" is commonly confused with "negrão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "negrito" come from?
"negrito" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "negrito", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

narciso#32,276obsceno#32,289matarem#32,255matagal#32,254

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

rotunda10 variantssecagem10 variantssplash10 variantsescorrer10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list