rotunda
/Ru.ˈtũ.dɐ/
The verdict
“rotunda” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #32,362. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,362
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - praça de forma circular, onde os carros giram em volta para mudarem de direção; no Brasil se fala redondo, ou rotatória, quando em rodovias
Corpus desk
Index PT-rotunda · rotunda · Portuguese
rotunda · rank #32,362 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,362
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH sapatilha
Nearest frequency peer: sapatilha (+6 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 “rotunda”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- resumidamen…
resumidamente
67,651 corpus weight
- rotunda
rotunda
67,639 corpus weight
- sapatilha
sapatilha
67,633 corpus weight
- satírico
satírico
67,631 corpus weight
- secagem
secagem
67,629 corpus weight
- soletrar
soletrar
67,620 corpus weight
What this shows “rotunda” 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 | rotunda |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /Ru.ˈtũ.dɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #32,362 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “rotunda”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around rotunda (IPA /Ru.ˈtũ.dɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,362 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for rotunda, with forms such as "ortunda", "rotnuda", and "rottunda". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ronda", "rotina", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is rotunda, spelled R-O-T-U-N-D-A.
Definition
- 1praça de forma circular, onde os carros giram em volta para mudarem de direção; no Brasil se fala redondo, ou rotatória, quando em rodovias
- 2construção circular em forma de ferradura, usada no século passado para manutenção em locomotivas
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ortunda
- rotnuda
- rottunda
- rotudna
- rotunad
- rotundda
- rotunnda
- routnda
- rrotunda
- rtounda
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rotunda - 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 "rotunda", 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).