queijo

/ˈkɐj.ʒu/

//ˈkɐj.ʒu// noun

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The verdict

“queijo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,102. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,102
frequency rank, Portuguese
129
“Q” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - alimento obtido pela separação da parte sólida do leite coalhado

Corpus desk

Index PT-queijo · queijo · Portuguese

queijo · rank #3,102 · 7 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,102
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 129
  • PHOTO-FINISH planta

Nearest frequency peer: planta (-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 “queijo”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “queijo” 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).

queijo vs quilo
67% similar
queijo vs queira
67% similar
queijo vs queima
67% similar

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

Key facts for queijo
PropertyValue
Headwordqueijo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkɐj.ʒu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,102
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “queijo”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).queijocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “planta” (#3,100), “religiosa” (#3,105), “perna” (#3,098). Entre 129 lemas com “Q”, “queijo” fica em #3,102. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around queijo (IPA /ˈkɐj.ʒu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,102 among 129 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for queijo, with forms such as "qeuijo", "qqueijo", and "queijjo". 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, "quilo", "queira", "queima", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 queijo, spelled Q-U-E-I-J-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    alimento obtido pela separação da parte sólida do leite coalhado
  2. 2
    determinada quantidade de queijo¹
  3. 3
    variedade de queijo¹

This word in other languages

cheese(English)queso(Español)fromage(Français)Käse(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qeuijo
  • qqueijo
  • queijjo
  • queioj
  • quejio
  • quiejo
  • uqeijo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of queijo - 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.

qeuijo2qqueijo1queijjo1queioj2quejio2quiejo2uqeijo2
Edit distance from "queijo"

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 "queijo"?
"queijo" is spelled Q-U-E-I-J-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkɐj.ʒu/.
What does "queijo" mean?
As a noun, "queijo" means: alimento obtido pela separação da parte sólida do leite coalhado
What words are commonly confused with "queijo"?
"queijo" is commonly confused with "quilo", "queira", "queima". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "queijo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "queijo" is /ˈkɐj.ʒu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "queijo" come from?
"queijo" 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 "queijo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

planta#3,100pastor#3,097rotina#3,107máxima#3,092

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

perna7 variantsritmo7 variantsVasco7 variantsdever7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list