oftálmico
The verdict
“oftálmico” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - relativo ao olho
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oftálmico |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oftálmico” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
oftálmico is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for oftálmico, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is oftálmico, spelled O-F-T-Á-L-M-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1relativo ao olho
- 2relativo a paciente que sofre de oftalmia
- 3diz-se de medicamento que atua contra a oftalmia
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “oftálmico”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-F-T-Á-L-M-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.