posterior
/puʃ.tɨ.ˈɾjoɾ/
The verdict
“posterior” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,688. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,688
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que vem ou está depois
Corpus desk
Index PT-posterior · posterior · Portuguese
posterior · rank #6,688 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,688
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH privilégio
Nearest frequency peer: privilégio (+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 “posterior”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- pico
pico
93,316 corpus weight
- piorar
piorar
93,315 corpus weight
- posterior
posterior
93,313 corpus weight
- privilégio
privilégio
93,312 corpus weight
- profeta
profeta
93,310 corpus weight
- prol
prol
93,309 corpus weight
What this shows “posterior” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | posterior |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /puʃ.tɨ.ˈɾjoɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,688 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “posterior”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around posterior (IPA /puʃ.tɨ.ˈɾjoɾ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,688 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for posterior, with forms such as "opsterior", "posetrior", and "possterior". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is posterior, spelled P-O-S-T-E-R-I-O-R.
Definition
- 1que vem ou está depois
- 2situado atrás
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opsterior
- posetrior
- possterior
- posteiror
- posteriorr
- posteriro
- posteroir
- posterrior
- postreior
- postterior
- potserior
- pposterior
- psoterior
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of posterior - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "posterior", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).