puxão
/pu.ˈʃɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“puxão” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #39,818. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,818
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - puxada forte e repentina
Corpus desk
Index PT-puxao · puxão · Portuguese
puxão · rank #39,818 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,818
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH puerta
Nearest frequency peer: puerta (-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 “puxão”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- picanha
picanha
60,203 corpus weight
- pitch
pitch
60,200 corpus weight
- puerta
puerta
60,184 corpus weight
- puxão
puxão
60,183 corpus weight
- rapadura
rapadura
60,180 corpus weight
- repreender
repreender
60,174 corpus weight
What this shows “puxão” 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 | puxão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pu.ˈʃɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #39,818 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “puxão”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around puxão (IPA /pu.ˈʃɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,818 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "puxada forte e repentina".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for puxão, with forms such as "ppuxão", "puxoã", and "puxxão". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "puxo", "puxar", "pão", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is puxão, spelled P-U-X-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1puxada forte e repentina
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ppuxão
- puxoã
- puxxão
- puãxo
- pxuão
- upxão
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of puxão - 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 "puxão", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).