restringir

verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,443

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

restringir is aPortugueseverb. It means: reduzir, limitar, apertar

Key facts for restringir
PropertyValue
Headwordrestringir
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters10
Frequency rank#15,443
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of restringir in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for restringir is 10 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #15,443 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for restringir, with forms such as "erstringir", "resrtingir", and "resstringir". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is restringir, spelled R-E-S-T-R-I-N-G-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    reduzir, limitar, apertar
  2. 2
    diminuir o calibre; estreitar
  3. 3
    encurtar
  4. 4
    conter, refrear
  5. 5
    em uma palavra ou frase, definir estritamente aquilo que significa, anular a sua extensão, dar um significado restrito

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erstringir,resrtingir,resstringir,restirngir,restrignir,restringgir,restringirr,restringri,restrinigr,restrinngir,restrnigir,restrringir,resttringir,retsringir,rrestringir,rsetringir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for restringir

Misspelling Variants of "restringir"

erstringir10resrtingir10resstringir11restirngir10restrignir10restringgir11restringirr11restringri10
Misspelling Variants of "restringir"

Frequency rank: #15,443 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "restringir"?
"restringir" is spelled R-E-S-T-R-I-N-G-I-R.
What does "restringir" mean?
As a verb, "restringir" means: reduzir, limitar, apertar
What are common misspellings of "restringir"?
Common misspellings include "erstringir", "resrtingir", "resstringir", "restirngir", "restrignir". The correct spelling is "restringir".
What language does "restringir" come from?
"restringir" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter R in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.