porcentagem

noun

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The verdict

“porcentagem” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,520. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,520
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o mesmo que percentagem

Corpus desk

Index PT-porcentagem · porcentagem · Portuguese

porcentagem · rank #8,520 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,520
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH protetor

Nearest frequency peer: protetor (+6 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 “porcentagem”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “porcentagem” 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).

porcentagem vs percentagem
91% similar

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

Key facts for porcentagem
PropertyValue
Headwordporcentagem
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#8,520
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “porcentagem”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.porcentagemcai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “protetor” (#8,526), “recorrente” (#8,529), “nojento” (#8,508). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “porcentagem” fica em #8,520. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around porcentagem, anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,520 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "o mesmo que percentagem".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for porcentagem, with forms such as "oprcentagem", "pocrentagem", and "porccentagem". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "percentagem", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 porcentagem, spelled P-O-R-C-E-N-T-A-G-E-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    o mesmo que percentagem

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Eles autorizariam a continuidade da rizicultura, em troca de uma porcentagem da produção ou uma taxa fixa, a ser destinada à comunidade indígena.

This word in other languages

percentage(English)Prozent(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oprcentagem
  • pocrentagem
  • porccentagem
  • porcenatgem
  • porcenntagem
  • porcentaegm
  • porcentagemm
  • porcentaggem
  • porcentagme
  • porcentgaem
  • porcenttagem
  • porcetnagem
  • porcnetagem
  • porecntagem
  • porrcentagem
  • pporcentagem
  • procentagem

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

oprcentagem2pocrentagem2porccentagem1porcenatgem2porcenntagem1porcentaegm2porcentagemm1porcentaggem1
Edit distance from "porcentagem"

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 "porcentagem"?
"porcentagem" is spelled P-O-R-C-E-N-T-A-G-E-M.
What does "porcentagem" mean?
As a noun, "porcentagem" means: o mesmo que percentagem
What words are commonly confused with "porcentagem"?
"porcentagem" is commonly confused with "percentagem". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "porcentagem" come from?
"porcentagem" 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 "porcentagem", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

esquecimento17 variantsdesigualdade17 variantscomprometer17 variantsacrescentar17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list