obituário

adj

The verdict

“obituário” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #39,284. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,284
frequency rank, Portuguese
385
“O” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo a óbito:

Corpus desk

Index PT-obituario · obituário · Portuguese

obituário · rank #39,284 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,284
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 385
  • PHOTO-FINISH náutica

Nearest frequency peer: náutica (-3 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 “obituário”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “obituário” 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
Key facts for obituário
PropertyValue
Headwordobituário
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#39,284
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “obituário”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).obituáriocai 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 “náutica” (#39,281), “nun” (#39,280), “nouvelle” (#39,279). Entre 385 lemas com “O”, “obituário” fica em #39,284. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around obituário, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #39,284 among 385 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "relativo a óbito:".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for obituário, with forms such as "boituário", "obbituário", and "obittuário". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is obituário, spelled O-B-I-T-U-Á-R-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo a óbito:

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A carta obituária anunciou o óbvio.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • boituário
  • obbituário
  • obittuário
  • obituráio
  • obituáiro
  • obituároi
  • obituárrio
  • obitáurio
  • obiutário
  • obtiuário
  • oibtuário

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obituário - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

boituário2obbituário1obittuário1obituráio2obituáiro2obituároi2obituárrio1obitáurio2
Edit distance from "obituário"

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 "obituário"?
"obituário" is spelled O-B-I-T-U-Á-R-I-O.
What does "obituário" mean?
As an adjective, "obituário" means: relativo a óbito:
What are common misspellings of "obituário"?
Common misspellings include "boituário", "obbituário", "obittuário", "obituráio", "obituáiro". The correct spelling is "obituário".
What language does "obituário" come from?
"obituário" 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 "obituário", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list