ressaltar
/Rɨ.saɫ.ˈtaɾ/
The verdict
“ressaltar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,262. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,262
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tornar saliente
Corpus desk
Index PT-ressaltar · ressaltar · Portuguese
ressaltar · rank #10,262 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,262
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH restrito
Nearest frequency peer: restrito (+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 “ressaltar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- reestrutura…
reestruturação
89,743 corpus weight
- remix
remix
89,741 corpus weight
- ressaltar
ressaltar
89,739 corpus weight
- restrito
restrito
89,738 corpus weight
- rodar
rodar
89,735 corpus weight
- science
science
89,734 corpus weight
What this shows “ressaltar” 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 | ressaltar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /Rɨ.saɫ.ˈtaɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #10,262 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “ressaltar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around ressaltar (IPA /Rɨ.saɫ.ˈtaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,262 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ressaltar, with forms such as "erssaltar", "resaltar", and "resasltar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "resultar", "resgatar", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is ressaltar, spelled R-E-S-S-A-L-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1tornar saliente
- 2dar relevo a
- 3altear
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erssaltar
- resaltar
- resasltar
- ressalatr
- ressalltar
- ressaltarr
- ressaltra
- ressalttar
- ressatlar
- resslatar
- rressaltar
- rsesaltar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ressaltar - 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 "ressaltar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).