plástico
/ˈplaʃ.ti.ku/
The verdict
“plástico” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,506. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,506
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que pode ser moldado
Corpus desk
Index PT-plastico · plástico · Portuguese
plástico · rank #4,506 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,506
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pimenta
Nearest frequency peer: pimenta (-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 “plástico”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- paraíba
paraíba
95,501 corpus weight
- perca
perca
95,499 corpus weight
- pimenta
pimenta
95,496 corpus weight
- plástico
plástico
95,495 corpus weight
- protocolo
protocolo
95,490 corpus weight
- raiz
raiz
95,489 corpus weight
What this shows “plástico” 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 | plástico |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈplaʃ.ti.ku/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “plástico”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around plástico (IPA /ˈplaʃ.ti.ku/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,506 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "que pode ser moldado".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for plástico, with forms such as "lpástico", "pllástico", and "plsático". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "prático", "plantio", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is plástico, spelled P-L-Á-S-T-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1que pode ser moldado
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lpástico
- pllástico
- plsático
- plásitco
- plásstico
- plástcio
- plásticco
- plástioc
- plásttico
- plátsico
- pplástico
- pálstico
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plástico - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "plástico", 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).