requeijão

/Rɨ.kɐj.ˈʒɐ̃w̃/

//Rɨ.kɐj.ˈʒɐ̃w̃// noun

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The verdict

“requeijão” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #27,253. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,253
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - massa comestível formada a partir de partículas sólidas extraídas do soro do leite obtido quando do fabrico do queijo

Corpus desk

Index PT-requeijao · requeijão · Portuguese

requeijão · rank #27,253 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,253
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH repulsa

Nearest frequency peer: repulsa (-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 “requeijão”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “requeijão” 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
Key facts for requeijão
PropertyValue
Headwordrequeijão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/Rɨ.kɐj.ˈʒɐ̃w̃/
Letters9
Frequency rank#27,253
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “requeijão”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “repulsa” (#27,252), “resista” (#27,254), “rixa” (#27,259). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “requeijão” fica em #27,253. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around requeijão (IPA /Rɨ.kɐj.ˈʒɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,253 among 963 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "massa comestível formada a partir de partículas sólidas extraídas do soro do leite obtido quando do fabrico do queijo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for requeijão, with forms such as "erqueijão", "reqeuijão", and "reqqueijão". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented 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 requeijão, spelled R-E-Q-U-E-I-J-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    massa comestível formada a partir de partículas sólidas extraídas do soro do leite obtido quando do fabrico do queijo

This word in other languages

requesón(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erqueijão
  • reqeuijão
  • reqqueijão
  • requeijjão
  • requeijoã
  • requeiãjo
  • requejião
  • requiejão
  • reuqeijão
  • rqeueijão
  • rrequeijão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of requeijão - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

erqueijão2reqeuijão2reqqueijão1requeijjão1requeijoã2requeiãjo2requejião2requiejão2
Edit distance from "requeijão"

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 "requeijão"?
"requeijão" is spelled R-E-Q-U-E-I-J-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /Rɨ.kɐj.ˈʒɐ̃w̃/.
What does "requeijão" mean?
As a noun, "requeijão" means: massa comestível formada a partir de partículas sólidas extraídas do soro do leite obtido quando do fabrico do queijo
What are common misspellings of "requeijão"?
Common misspellings include "erqueijão", "reqeuijão", "reqqueijão", "requeijjão", "requeijoã". The correct spelling is "requeijão".
How do you pronounce "requeijão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "requeijão" is /Rɨ.kɐj.ˈʒɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "requeijão" come from?
"requeijão" 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 "requeijão", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

prontidão#27,232possessão#27,223vislumbre#27,324autódromo#27,366

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

primazia11 variantssimetria11 variantsletreiro11 variantsFloriano11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list