placenta
/plɐ.ˈsẽ.tɐ/
The verdict
“placenta” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,086. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,086
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nos mamíferos eutérios, órgão vascular que une o feto à parede do útero materno, permitindo a passagem de materiais nutritivos e oxigênio para o sangue fetal e a eliminação de dióxido de carbono e ...
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Index PT-placenta · placenta · Portuguese
placenta · rank #23,086 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,086
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH perturbado
Nearest frequency peer: perturbado (-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 “placenta”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- paladar
paladar
76,924 corpus weight
- pardos
pardos
76,921 corpus weight
- perturbado
perturbado
76,917 corpus weight
- placenta
placenta
76,915 corpus weight
- preparatório
preparatório
76,909 corpus weight
- prevalecer
prevalecer
76,906 corpus weight
What this shows “placenta” 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 | placenta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /plɐ.ˈsẽ.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #23,086 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “placenta”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around placenta (IPA /plɐ.ˈsẽ.tɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,086 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for placenta, with forms such as "lpacenta", "palcenta", and "placcenta". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "planta", "planeta", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is placenta, spelled P-L-A-C-E-N-T-A.
Definition
- 1nos mamíferos eutérios, órgão vascular que une o feto à parede do útero materno, permitindo a passagem de materiais nutritivos e oxigênio para o sangue fetal e a eliminação de dióxido de carbono e resíduos nitrogenados
- 2qualquer órgão análogo, presente em outros animais vivíparos
- 3tecido que constitui a folha carpelar e no qual se insere e se desenvolve um ou mais óvulos; trofosperma
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lpacenta
- palcenta
- placcenta
- placenat
- placennta
- placentta
- placetna
- placneta
- plaecnta
- plcaenta
- pllacenta
- pplacenta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of placenta - 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 "placenta", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).