OTAN
The verdict
“OTAN” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,510. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,510
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 385
- “O” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sigla para a Organização do Tratado do Atlântico Norte
Corpus desk
Index PT-otan · OTAN · Portuguese
OTAN · rank #12,510 · 5 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,510
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 385
- PHOTO-FINISH papagaio
Nearest frequency peer: papagaio (+3 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “OTAN”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- moço
moço
87,505 corpus weight
- mármore
mármore
87,503 corpus weight
- OTAN
OTAN
87,491 corpus weight
- papagaio
papagaio
87,488 corpus weight
- pijama
pijama
87,483 corpus weight
- prejudicial
prejudicial
87,478 corpus weight
What this shows “OTAN” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | OTAN |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #12,510 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “OTAN”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around OTAN, anabbreviation. Corpus frequency is #12,510 among 385 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "sigla para a Organização do Tratado do Atlântico Norte".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for OTAN, with forms such as "oatn", "otann", and "otna". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "OVA", "otto", "oval", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is OTAN, spelled O-T-A-N.
Definition
- 1sigla para a Organização do Tratado do Atlântico Norte
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how OTAN appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A OTAN e o Pacto de Varsóvia.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oatn
- otann
- otna
- ottan
- toan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of OTAN - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).