pontos
/ˈpõ.tus/
The verdict
“pontos” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #438. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #438
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural de ponto
Corpus desk
Index PT-pontos · pontos · Portuguese
pontos · rank #438 · 9 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #438
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH porém
Nearest frequency peer: porém (+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 “pontos”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- povo
povo
99,569 corpus weight
- merda
merda
99,565 corpus weight
- pontos
pontos
99,563 corpus weight
- porém
porém
99,562 corpus weight
- atrás
atrás
99,560 corpus weight
- futebol
futebol
99,558 corpus weight
What this shows “pontos” 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 | pontos |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpõ.tus/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #438 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “pontos”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around pontos (IPA /ˈpõ.tus/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #438 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural de ponto".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pontos, with forms such as "opntos", "pnotos", and "ponntos". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "porto", "posto", "povos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is pontos, spelled P-O-N-T-O-S.
Definition
- 1plural de ponto
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opntos
- pnotos
- ponntos
- ponots
- pontoss
- pontso
- ponttos
- potnos
- ppontos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pontos - 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 "pontos", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).