propósito
/pɾu.ˈpɔ.zi.tu/
The verdict
“propósito” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,024. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,024
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - intenção
Corpus desk
Index PT-proposito · propósito · Portuguese
propósito · rank #2,024 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,024
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH poucas
Nearest frequency peer: poucas (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “propósito”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- musical
musical
97,983 corpus weight
- parede
parede
97,981 corpus weight
- posse
posse
97,979 corpus weight
- poucas
poucas
97,978 corpus weight
- propósito
propósito
97,977 corpus weight
- toque
toque
97,974 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “propósito” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | propósito |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɾu.ˈpɔ.zi.tu/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #2,024 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “propósito” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around propósito (IPA /pɾu.ˈpɔ.zi.tu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,024 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 propósito, with forms such as "porpósito", "ppropósito", and "proppósito". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "proposta", "proposto", "proposição", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is propósito, spelled P-R-O-P-Ó-S-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1intenção
- 2objetivo visado
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porpósito
- ppropósito
- proppósito
- propsóito
- propóisto
- propósiot
- propósitto
- propóssito
- propóstio
- proópsito
- prpoósito
- prropósito
- rpopósito
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of propósito - 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 "propósito", 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).
What to do next
You've looked up "propósito". Here's where to go from here.
- "propósito" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "proposta". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,024 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.