paparazzi
The verdict
“paparazzi” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #28,307. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,307
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - fotógrafo que busca imagens de celebridades em situações privadas ou cotidianas, geralmente sem autorização; atua de forma indiscreta para obter fotos de interesse da imprensa sensacionalista
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paparazzi |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #28,307 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paparazzi” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around paparazzi, anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,307 among 3,113 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for paparazzi, with forms such as "apparazzi", "paaprazzi", and "papaarzzi". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is paparazzi, spelled P-A-P-A-R-A-Z-Z-I.
Definition
- 1fotógrafo que busca imagens de celebridades em situações privadas ou cotidianas, geralmente sem autorização; atua de forma indiscreta para obter fotos de interesse da imprensa sensacionalista
- 2profissional que vende imagens de famosos para tabloides, revistas ou portais de entretenimento
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apparazzi
- paaprazzi
- papaarzzi
- paparazi
- paparaziz
- paparrazzi
- paparzazi
- papparazzi
- papraazzi
- ppaarazzi
- ppaparazzi
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paparazzi - 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 “paparazzi”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-P-A-R-A-Z-Z-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.