nicho
/ˈni.ʃu/
The verdict
“nicho” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #18,123. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,123
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 360
- “N” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cavidade aberta numa parede para colocação de uma imagem ou estátua
Corpus desk
Index PT-nicho · nicho · Portuguese
nicho · rank #18,123 · 7 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,123
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 360
- PHOTO-FINISH neutralizar
Nearest frequency peer: neutralizar (-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 “nicho”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- mirante
mirante
81,887 corpus weight
- modernismo
modernismo
81,885 corpus weight
- neutralizar
neutralizar
81,879 corpus weight
- nicho
nicho
81,878 corpus weight
- paternidade
paternidade
81,867 corpus weight
- paço
paço
81,865 corpus weight
What this shows “nicho” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | nicho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈni.ʃu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #18,123 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “nicho”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around nicho (IPA /ˈni.ʃu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,123 among 360 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for nicho, with forms such as "incho", "nciho", and "niccho". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "nisso", "night", "ninho", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is nicho, spelled N-I-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1cavidade aberta numa parede para colocação de uma imagem ou estátua
- 2parte de um hábitat com certas condições ambientais que a diferencia do resto do hábitat
- 3porção de mercado, habitualmente pequena, que responde a necessidades bem específicas dos consumidores, ou a ofertas específicas dos produtores
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nicho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mas é evidente que os jovens ocupam um novo nicho no mercado.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- incho
- nciho
- niccho
- nichho
- nicoh
- nihco
- nnicho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nicho - 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.
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 "nicho", 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).