ostracismo
/oʃ.tɾɐ.ˈsiʒ.mu/
The verdict
“ostracismo” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #48,567. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,567
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 846
- “O” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - forma de punição política empregada inicialmente pelos atenienses e que significava a expulsão política e o exílio por um período de dez anos
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ostracismo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /oʃ.tɾɐ.ˈsiʒ.mu/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #48,567 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ostracismo” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around ostracismo (IPA /oʃ.tɾɐ.ˈsiʒ.mu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,567 among 846 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for ostracismo, with forms such as "osrtacismo", "osstracismo", and "ostarcismo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is ostracismo, spelled O-S-T-R-A-C-I-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1forma de punição política empregada inicialmente pelos atenienses e que significava a expulsão política e o exílio por um período de dez anos
- 2exclusão de alguém das atividades sociais por consenso geral dos outros
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osrtacismo
- osstracismo
- ostarcismo
- ostraccismo
- ostracimso
- ostracismmo
- ostracisom
- ostracissmo
- ostracsimo
- ostraicsmo
- ostrcaismo
- ostrracismo
- osttracismo
- otsracismo
- sotracismo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ostracismo - 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 “ostracismo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-S-T-R-A-C-I-S-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /oʃ.tɾɐ.ˈsiʒ.mu/ (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.