piloto
/pi.ˈlo.tu/
The verdict
“piloto” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #2,389 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #2,389
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que é feito em caráter preliminar, para testar ou servir como protótipo
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 | piloto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pi.ˈlo.tu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,389 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “piloto” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for piloto is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pi.ˈlo.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,389 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "que é feito em caráter preliminar, para testar ou servir como protótipo".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for piloto, with forms such as "iploto", "pilloto", and "piloot". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "pito", "pinto", "proto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is piloto, spelled P-I-L-O-T-O.
Definition
- 1que é feito em caráter preliminar, para testar ou servir como protótipo
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: iploto,pilloto,piloot,pilotto,piltoo,piolto,plioto,ppiloto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of piloto - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “piloto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-I-L-O-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pi.ˈlo.tu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pito” - see the side-by-side comparison. piloto vs pito
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.