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The verdict

“obrigada” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #653. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#653
frequency rank, Portuguese
385
“O” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expressa agradecimento da parte de uma pessoa de sexo feminino

Corpus desk

Index PT-obrigada · obrigada · Portuguese

obrigada · rank #653 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #653
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 385
  • PHOTO-FINISH novamente

Nearest frequency peer: novamente (-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 “obrigada”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “obrigada” 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).

obrigada vs obrigar
75% similar
obrigada vs obrigado
88% similar
obrigada vs obrigação
67% similar

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

Key facts for obrigada
PropertyValue
Headwordobrigada
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechInterjection
Letters8
Frequency rank#653
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “obrigada”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).obrigadacai 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 “novamente” (#652), “organização” (#654), “mensagem” (#651). Entre 385 lemas com “O”, “obrigada” fica em #653. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around obrigada, aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #653 among 385 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "expressa agradecimento da parte de uma pessoa de sexo feminino".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for obrigada, with forms such as "borigada", "obbrigada", and "obirgada". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "obrigar", "obrigado", "obrigação", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is obrigada, spelled O-B-R-I-G-A-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    expressa agradecimento da parte de uma pessoa de sexo feminino

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ô meu, obrigada!

Synonyms

agradecidagrata

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • borigada
  • obbrigada
  • obirgada
  • obrgiada
  • obriagda
  • obrigaad
  • obrigadda
  • obrigdaa
  • obriggada
  • obrrigada
  • orbigada

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

borigada2obbrigada1obirgada2obrgiada2obriagda2obrigaad2obrigadda1obrigdaa2
Edit distance from "obrigada"

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 "obrigada"?
"obrigada" is spelled O-B-R-I-G-A-D-A.
What does "obrigada" mean?
As an interjection, "obrigada" means: expressa agradecimento da parte de uma pessoa de sexo feminino
What words are commonly confused with "obrigada"?
"obrigada" is commonly confused with "obrigar", "obrigado", "obrigação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "obrigada" come from?
"obrigada" 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 "obrigada", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mensagem#651pergunta#657encontro#646conselho#643

Similar misspelling depth

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

comprar11 variantscentral11 variantsseguinte11 variantsobrigado11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list