perímetro

noun

The verdict

“perímetro” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,937. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,937
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - soma dos comprimentos de todos os lados de um polígono

Corpus desk

Index PT-perimetro · perímetro · Portuguese

perímetro · rank #8,937 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,937
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pilar

Nearest frequency peer: pilar (+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 “perímetro”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “perímetro” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

perímetro vs primeiro
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for perímetro
PropertyValue
Headwordperímetro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,937
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “perímetro”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).perímetrocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “pilar” (#8,938), “plantão” (#8,939), “prado” (#8,941). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “perímetro” fica em #8,937. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around perímetro, anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,937 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for perímetro, with forms such as "eprímetro", "permíetro", and "perrímetro". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "primeiro", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is perímetro, spelled P-E-R-Í-M-E-T-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    soma dos comprimentos de todos os lados de um polígono
  2. 2
    linha imaginária que delimita uma região

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Apenas 17% solucionam problemas com mais de uma operação, calculam perímetro de figuras ou escrevem números decimais em forma de frações.
  2. A nova lei é válida também para qualquer rua das cidades - no perímetro urbano de São Paulo, entre sábado e domingo, foram presas 4 pessoas.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprímetro
  • permíetro
  • perrímetro
  • períemtro
  • perímerto
  • perímetor
  • perímetrro
  • perímettro
  • perímmetro
  • perímtero
  • peírmetro
  • pperímetro
  • preímetro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

eprímetro2permíetro2perrímetro1períemtro2perímerto2perímetor2perímetrro1perímettro1
Edit distance from "perímetro"

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 "perímetro"?
"perímetro" is spelled P-E-R-Í-M-E-T-R-O.
What does "perímetro" mean?
As a noun, "perímetro" means: soma dos comprimentos de todos os lados de um polígono
What words are commonly confused with "perímetro"?
"perímetro" is commonly confused with "primeiro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "perímetro" come from?
"perímetro" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list