petroleiro
/pɨ.tɾu.ˈlɐj.ɾu/
The verdict
“petroleiro” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #48,062. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,062
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo ao petróleo
Corpus desk
Index PT-petroleiro · petroleiro · Portuguese
petroleiro · rank #48,062 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #48,062
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH percussionista
Nearest frequency peer: percussionista (-5 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 “petroleiro”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- ortodoxia
ortodoxia
51,952 corpus weight
- penhor
penhor
51,946 corpus weight
- pequi
pequi
51,945 corpus weight
- percussioni…
percussionista
51,944 corpus weight
- petroleiro
petroleiro
51,939 corpus weight
- prelado
prelado
51,933 corpus weight
What this shows “petroleiro” 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 | petroleiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pɨ.tɾu.ˈlɐj.ɾu/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #48,062 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “petroleiro”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around petroleiro (IPA /pɨ.tɾu.ˈlɐj.ɾu/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,062 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "relativo ao petróleo".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for petroleiro, with forms such as "eptroleiro", "pertoleiro", and "petorleiro". 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, "petróleo", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 petroleiro, spelled P-E-T-R-O-L-E-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1relativo ao petróleo
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how petroleiro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nesta segunda-feira, a Nigéria confirmou o terceiro caso de Ebola no centro petroleiro de Port Harcourt, elevando o total de infecções confirmadas no país para 16.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eptroleiro
- pertoleiro
- petorleiro
- petrloeiro
- petroeliro
- petroleior
- petroleirro
- petrolerio
- petroliero
- petrolleiro
- petrroleiro
- pettroleiro
- ppetroleiro
- pteroleiro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of petroleiro - 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 "petroleiro", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).