quartzo
/ˈkwaɾ.tzu/
The verdict
“quartzo” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #26,528. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,528
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 129
- “Q” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o mineral mais abundante do planeta, representando 12% da crosta terrestre; é formado basicamente por sílica (dióxido de silício SiO₂), que forma uma estrutura cristalina trigonal composta por tetr...
Corpus desk
Index PT-quartzo · quartzo · Portuguese
quartzo · rank #26,528 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,528
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 129
- PHOTO-FINISH pêlo
Nearest frequency peer: pêlo (-2 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 “quartzo”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- psíquico
psíquico
73,478 corpus weight
- pêlo
pêlo
73,475 corpus weight
- quartzo
quartzo
73,473 corpus weight
- rank
rank
73,468 corpus weight
- reaver
reaver
73,465 corpus weight
- saboroso
saboroso
73,455 corpus weight
What this shows “quartzo” 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 | quartzo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkwaɾ.tzu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #26,528 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “quartzo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around quartzo (IPA /ˈkwaɾ.tzu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,528 among 129 “Q” headwords. Dominant gloss: "o mineral mais abundante do planeta, representando 12% da crosta terrestre; é formado basicamente por sílica (dióxido de silício SiO₂), que forma uma estrutura cristalina trigonal composta por tetr...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for quartzo, with forms such as "qaurtzo", "qquartzo", and "quarrtzo". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "quatro", "quanto", "quarto", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is quartzo, spelled Q-U-A-R-T-Z-O.
Definition
- 1o mineral mais abundante do planeta, representando 12% da crosta terrestre; é formado basicamente por sílica (dióxido de silício SiO₂), que forma uma estrutura cristalina trigonal composta por tetraedros; é largamente utilizado na indústria para a fabricação dos mais diversos produtos como, vidros, abrasivos, fibras óticas, componentes eletrônicos, instrumentos óticos, cerâmicas, joias e ornamentos
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how quartzo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Madeira, cristais de quartzo e borracha são matérias-primas, mas não são commodities.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qaurtzo
- qquartzo
- quarrtzo
- quartoz
- quarttzo
- quartzzo
- quarzto
- quatrzo
- quratzo
- uqartzo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quartzo - 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 "quartzo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).