regulador

adj

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The verdict

“regulador” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #15,908. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,908
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que regula

Corpus desk

Index PT-regulador · regulador · Portuguese

regulador · rank #15,908 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #15,908
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH requerimento

Nearest frequency peer: requerimento (+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 “regulador”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “regulador” 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).

regulador vs regular
78% similar

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

Key facts for regulador
PropertyValue
Headwordregulador
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,908
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “regulador”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “requerimento” (#15,910), “recomendar” (#15,904), “retaliação” (#15,912). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “regulador” fica em #15,908. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around regulador, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,908 among 963 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "que regula".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for regulador, with forms such as "ergulador", "reggulador", and "regluador". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "regular", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is regulador, spelled R-E-G-U-L-A-D-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    que regula

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how regulador appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «O conselho regulador pode delegar os seus poderes em qualquer dos seus membros.»

This word in other languages

regulator(English)regulador(Español)régulateur(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ergulador
  • reggulador
  • regluador
  • regualdor
  • reguladdor
  • reguladorr
  • reguladro
  • regulaodr
  • reguldaor
  • regullador
  • reuglador
  • rgeulador
  • rregulador

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ergulador2reggulador1regluador2regualdor2reguladdor1reguladorr1reguladro2regulaodr2
Edit distance from "regulador"

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 "regulador"?
"regulador" is spelled R-E-G-U-L-A-D-O-R.
What does "regulador" mean?
As an adjective, "regulador" means: que regula
What words are commonly confused with "regulador"?
"regulador" is commonly confused with "regular". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "regulador" come from?
"regulador" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "regulador", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list