observatório
/observa'tɔriu/
The verdict
“observatório” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,055. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,055
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 846
- “O” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - local onde são feitas observações astronômicas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | observatório |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /observa'tɔriu/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #7,055 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “observatório” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around observatório (IPA /observa'tɔriu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,055 among 846 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for observatório, with forms such as "boservatório", "obbservatório", and "obesrvatório". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is observatório, spelled O-B-S-E-R-V-A-T-Ó-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1local onde são feitas observações astronômicas
- 2mirante
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: boservatório,obbservatório,obesrvatório,obseravtório,obserrvatório,observatróio,observattório,observatóiro,observatóroi,observatórrio,observaótrio,observtaório,observvatório,obsevratório,obsrevatório,obsservatório,osbervatório
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of observatório - 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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Using “observatório”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-B-S-E-R-V-A-T-Ó-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /observa'tɔriu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.