penicilina

noun

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The verdict

“penicilina” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #37,462. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,462
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - medicamento com ação antibiótica obtido natural ou sinteticamente

Corpus desk

Index PT-penicilina · penicilina · Portuguese

penicilina · rank #37,462 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,462
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH picareta

Nearest frequency peer: picareta (+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 “penicilina”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “penicilina” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for penicilina
PropertyValue
Headwordpenicilina
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#37,462
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “penicilina”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).penicilinacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “picareta” (#37,465), “pingos” (#37,467), “playback” (#37,470). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “penicilina” fica em #37,462. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around penicilina, anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,462 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "medicamento com ação antibiótica obtido natural ou sinteticamente".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for penicilina, with forms such as "epnicilina", "peincilina", and "penciilina". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is penicilina, spelled P-E-N-I-C-I-L-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    medicamento com ação antibiótica obtido natural ou sinteticamente

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how penicilina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O antibiótico penicilina foi descoberto quando se notou, nos anos 20, que o bolor Penicillium matava bactérias.

This word in other languages

penicillin(English)penicilina(Español)pénicilline(Français)Penizillin(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epnicilina
  • peincilina
  • penciilina
  • peniccilina
  • peniciilna
  • penicilian
  • penicilinna
  • penicillina
  • penicilnia
  • penicliina
  • peniiclina
  • pennicilina
  • pneicilina
  • ppenicilina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of penicilina - 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.

epnicilina2peincilina2penciilina2peniccilina1peniciilna2penicilian2penicilinna1penicillina1
Edit distance from "penicilina"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "penicilina"?
"penicilina" is spelled P-E-N-I-C-I-L-I-N-A.
What does "penicilina" mean?
As a noun, "penicilina" means: medicamento com ação antibiótica obtido natural ou sinteticamente
What are common misspellings of "penicilina"?
Common misspellings include "epnicilina", "peincilina", "penciilina", "peniccilina", "peniciilna". The correct spelling is "penicilina".
What language does "penicilina" come from?
"penicilina" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "penicilina", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

provocador#37,483resolution#37,499maquinista#37,413ineficácia#37,370

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

gregoriano14 variantsadulteração14 variantsaprisionar14 variantsdiminutivo14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list