patético
/pa.ˈtɛ.ti.ku/
The verdict
“patético” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,920. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,920
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que comove a alma; que enternece; tocante
Corpus desk
Index PT-patetico · patético · Portuguese
patético · rank #14,920 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #14,920
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH penetrar
Nearest frequency peer: penetrar (+2 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 “patético”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- nation
nation
85,089 corpus weight
- patético
patético
85,081 corpus weight
- penetrar
penetrar
85,079 corpus weight
- polonês
polonês
85,074 corpus weight
- pombo
pombo
85,073 corpus weight
- pub
pub
85,069 corpus weight
What this shows “patético” 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 | patético |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pa.ˈtɛ.ti.ku/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,920 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “patético”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around patético (IPA /pa.ˈtɛ.ti.ku/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,920 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for patético, with forms such as "aptético", "pattéico", and "pattético". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "poético", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is patético, spelled P-A-T-É-T-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1que comove a alma; que enternece; tocante
- 2relativo a ou próprio do nervo patético
- 3causante de repulsa devido insuficiência ou falha em algum aspecto que revela ser-se digno de pena
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how patético appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O Estado não consegue nem manter seus corruptos na cadeia. Não, não é o Estado que deve interferir. Novamente, minha opinião é a de que devemos replicar o modelo americano de autorregulamentação, formado por um órgão composto de profissionais das áreas de saúde, nutrição, pedagogia e psicologia. E que cada caso seja avaliado tendo o bem-estar da sociedade…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aptético
- pattéico
- pattético
- patéitco
- patétcio
- patéticco
- patétioc
- patéttico
- paéttico
- ppatético
- ptaético
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of patético - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "patético", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).