obrigado

/ɔ.bɾi.ˈɡa.du/

//ɔ.bɾi.ˈɡa.du// adj

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The verdict

“obrigado” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #621. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#621
frequency rank, Portuguese
385
“O” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - forçado, coagido por lei, norma, necessidade ou uso; obrigatório, inevitável

Corpus desk

Index PT-obrigado · obrigado · Portuguese

obrigado · rank #621 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #621
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 385
  • PHOTO-FINISH mudar

Nearest frequency peer: mudar (-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 “obrigado”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “obrigado” 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).

obrigado vs obrigar
75% similar
obrigado vs obrigada
88% similar
obrigado vs obrigação
78% similar

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

Key facts for obrigado
PropertyValue
Headwordobrigado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ɔ.bɾi.ˈɡa.du/
Letters8
Frequency rank#621
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “obrigado”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.obrigadocai 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 “mudar” (#620), “Maria” (#619), “visto” (#623). Entre 385 lemas com “O”, “obrigado” fica em #621. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around obrigado (IPA /ɔ.bɾi.ˈɡa.du/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #621 among 385 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for obrigado, with forms such as "borigado", "obbrigado", and "obirgado". 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", "obrigada", "obrigação", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is obrigado, spelled O-B-R-I-G-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    forçado, coagido por lei, norma, necessidade ou uso; obrigatório, inevitável
  2. 2
    agradecido, grato, que fica em dívida, que assume obrigação

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Somos obrigados a trabalhar para sobreviver.
  2. Obrigada, fiquei encantada com a prenda.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • borigado
  • obbrigado
  • obirgado
  • obrgiado
  • obriagdo
  • obrigaddo
  • obrigaod
  • obrigdao
  • obriggado
  • obrrigado
  • orbigado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obrigado - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

borigado2obbrigado1obirgado2obrgiado2obriagdo2obrigaddo1obrigaod2obrigdao2
Edit distance from "obrigado"

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 "obrigado"?
"obrigado" is spelled O-B-R-I-G-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɔ.bɾi.ˈɡa.du/.
What does "obrigado" mean?
As an adjective, "obrigado" means: forçado, coagido por lei, norma, necessidade ou uso; obrigatório, inevitável
What words are commonly confused with "obrigado"?
"obrigado" is commonly confused with "obrigar", "obrigada", "obrigação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "obrigado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "obrigado" is /ɔ.bɾi.ˈɡa.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "obrigado" come from?
"obrigado" 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 "obrigado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

controle#627seguinte#637tradução#638conselho#643

Similar misspelling depth

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

comprar11 variantsobrigada11 variantscentral11 variantsobjetivo11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list