radical
/Rɐ.di.ˈkaɫ/
The verdict
“radical” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,040. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,040
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo a raiz
Corpus desk
Index PT-radical · radical · Portuguese
radical · rank #5,040 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,040
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH quarenta
Nearest frequency peer: quarenta (-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 “radical”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- montar
montar
94,973 corpus weight
- preservar
preservar
94,964 corpus weight
- quarenta
quarenta
94,962 corpus weight
- radical
radical
94,961 corpus weight
- separar
separar
94,958 corpus weight
- testar
testar
94,955 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “radical” 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 | radical |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /Rɐ.di.ˈkaɫ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,040 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “radical” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around radical (IPA /Rɐ.di.ˈkaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,040 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for radical, with forms such as "ardical", "radcial", and "raddical". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "racial", "radiação", "radicado", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is radical, spelled R-A-D-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1relativo a raiz
- 2relativo à essência de algo
- 3relativo à raiz de uma palavra
- 4relativo à extração da raiz de um número
- 5absoluto, que vai até o fim
- 6que preconiza o radicalismo; radicalista
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how radical appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Há uma diferença radical entre nós dois.
Uma revolução é uma reforma radical numa sociedade.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ardical
- radcial
- raddical
- radiacl
- radicall
- radiccal
- radicla
- raidcal
- rdaical
- rradical
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of radical - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "radical", 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).
What to do next
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- "radical" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "racial". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #5,040 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "R" letter cohort. R–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.