original

adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#727

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

original is anPortugueseadj. It means: relativo à origem ou ao começo de algo It ranks #727 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with originar.

Key facts for original
PropertyValue
Headwordoriginal
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
Letters8
Frequency rank#727
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of original in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for original is 8 letters long, classified as anadj. Corpus data places it at rank #727 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for original, with forms such as "oirginal", "orgiinal", and "origginal". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "originar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is original, spelled O-R-I-G-I-N-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo à origem ou ao começo de algo
  2. 2
    novo, inventivo
  3. 3
    que nasce ou procede independentemente de outras coisas
  4. 4
    capaz de ou propenso a pensar de maneira independente, criativa ou individual
  5. 5
    criado, executado ou apresentado pela primeira vez
  6. 6
    diz-se de algo do qual uma cópia ou tradução é feita

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oirginal,orgiinal,origginal,origianl,originall,originla,originnal,orignial,oriignal,orriginal,roiginal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for original

Misspelling Variants of "original"

oirginal8orgiinal8origginal9origianl8originall9originla8originnal9orignial8
Misspelling Variants of "original"

Frequency rank: #727 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "original"?
"original" is spelled O-R-I-G-I-N-A-L.
What does "original" mean?
As an adj, "original" means: relativo à origem ou ao começo de algo
What words are commonly confused with "original"?
"original" is commonly confused with "originar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "original" come from?
"original" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter O in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.