obsceno
The verdict
“obsceno” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #32,289 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #32,289
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que afeta a moral comum de uma sociedade, podendo ser um ato, palavra, etc
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 | obsceno |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #32,289 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “obsceno” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for obsceno is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #32,289 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for obsceno, with forms such as "bosceno", "obbsceno", and "obcseno". 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, "obscuro", 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, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is obsceno, spelled O-B-S-C-E-N-O.
Definition
- 1que afeta a moral comum de uma sociedade, podendo ser um ato, palavra, etc
- 2diz-se de pessoa que prefere ou escreve obscenidade; pornofônico
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bosceno,obbsceno,obcseno,obscceno,obscenno,obsceon,obscneo,obsecno,obssceno,osbceno
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obsceno - 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.
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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Using “obsceno”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-B-S-C-E-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “obscuro” - see the side-by-side comparison. obsceno vs obscuro
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.