pilot

adj

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The verdict

“pilot” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #22,753. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,753
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - piloto; que é usado como teste ou demonstrativo

Corpus desk

Index PT-pilot · pilot · Portuguese

pilot · rank #22,753 · 7 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,753
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pontífice

Nearest frequency peer: pontífice (+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 “pilot”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “pilot” 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).

pilot vs pio
60% similar
pilot vs pior
60% similar
pilot vs piso
60% similar

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

Key facts for pilot
PropertyValue
Headwordpilot
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Frequency rank#22,753
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “pilot”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “pontífice” (#22,755), “pediatria” (#22,747), “prize” (#22,762). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pilot” fica em #22,753. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around pilot, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,753 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for pilot, with forms such as "iplot", "pillot", and "pilott". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "pio", "pior", "piso", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 pilot, spelled P-I-L-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    piloto; que é usado como teste ou demonstrativo
  2. 2
    que é usado para controlar ou ativar outro dispositivo
  3. 3
    diz-se do veículo usado para alertar motoristas sobre a presença de um veículo de grandes dimensões

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The pilot plant showed the need for major process changes.
  2. a pilot light

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iplot
  • pillot
  • pilott
  • pilto
  • piolt
  • pliot
  • ppilot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pilot - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

iplot2pillot1pilott1pilto2piolt2pliot2ppilot1
Edit distance from "pilot"

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 "pilot"?
"pilot" is spelled P-I-L-O-T.
What does "pilot" mean?
As an adjective, "pilot" means: piloto; que é usado como teste ou demonstrativo
What words are commonly confused with "pilot"?
"pilot" is commonly confused with "pio", "pior", "piso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "pilot" come from?
"pilot" 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 "pilot", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prize#22,762Osaka#22,738lebre#22,704Stein#22,805

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

horse7 variantsgalês7 variantsanseio7 variantsbónus7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list