October
/ɒkˈtəʊbəʳ/
The verdict
“October” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #20,377. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,377
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 846
- “O” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - outubro; décimo mês do ano civil, tendo 31 dias
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | October |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɒkˈtəʊbəʳ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #20,377 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “October” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around October (IPA /ɒkˈtəʊbəʳ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,377 among 846 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "outubro; décimo mês do ano civil, tendo 31 dias".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for October, with forms such as "cotober", "occtober", and "ocotber". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is October, spelled O-C-T-O-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1outubro; décimo mês do ano civil, tendo 31 dias
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cotober
- occtober
- ocotber
- octboer
- octobber
- octoberr
- octobre
- octoebr
- octtober
- otcober
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of October - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “October”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-C-T-O-B-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɒkˈtəʊbəʳ/ (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.