penumbra
/peˈnũ.bɾɐ/
The verdict
“penumbra” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #34,403. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,403
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sombra parcial
Corpus desk
Index PT-penumbra · penumbra · Portuguese
penumbra · rank #34,403 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,403
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH perspicácia
Nearest frequency peer: perspicácia (+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 “penumbra”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- Niger
Niger
65,617 corpus weight
- penumbra
penumbra
65,598 corpus weight
- perspicácia
perspicácia
65,596 corpus weight
- piauiense
piauiense
65,593 corpus weight
- porteira
porteira
65,587 corpus weight
- porventura
porventura
65,586 corpus weight
What this shows “penumbra” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | penumbra |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /peˈnũ.bɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #34,403 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “penumbra”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around penumbra (IPA /peˈnũ.bɾɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,403 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for penumbra, with forms such as "epnumbra", "penmubra", and "pennumbra". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is penumbra, spelled P-E-N-U-M-B-R-A.
Definition
- 1sombra parcial
- 2num eclipse, parte periférica da sombra, em oposição à parte central (umbra)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epnumbra
- penmubra
- pennumbra
- penubmra
- penumbar
- penumbbra
- penumbrra
- penummbra
- penumrba
- peunmbra
- pneumbra
- ppenumbra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of penumbra - 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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).