pântano
/ˈpɐ̃.tɐ.nu/
The verdict
“pântano” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #19,536. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,536
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - extensão de terras baixas e alagadiças
Corpus desk
Index PT-pantano · pântano · Portuguese
pântano · rank #19,536 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,536
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH psiquiátrico
Nearest frequency peer: psiquiátrico (-1 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 “pântano”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- psiquiátrico
psiquiátrico
80,466 corpus weight
- pântano
pântano
80,465 corpus weight
- qualificar
qualificar
80,464 corpus weight
- radicado
radicado
80,462 corpus weight
- rainbow
rainbow
80,461 corpus weight
- recolhido
recolhido
80,458 corpus weight
What this shows “pântano” 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 | pântano |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɐ̃.tɐ.nu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #19,536 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “pântano”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around pântano (IPA /ˈpɐ̃.tɐ.nu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,536 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for pântano, with forms such as "pnâtano", "ppântano", and "pânatno". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "plantão", "panteão", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is pântano, spelled P-Â-N-T-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1extensão de terras baixas e alagadiças
- 2terreno inundado por águas estagnadas
- 3atoleiro, brejo, lodaçal, banhado, paul, marnel, lameiro, lamaçal
- 4ambiente social de baixo nível, de corrupção e de vilanagem
- 5pessoa de posicionamento político neutro, pertencente ao centro
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pântano appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As máfias são o pântano da sociedade.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pnâtano
- ppântano
- pânatno
- pânntano
- pântanno
- pântaon
- pântnao
- pânttano
- pâtnano
- âpntano
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pântano - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pântano", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).