santo

noun

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The verdict

“santo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,085. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,085
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - um dos nomes de Deus e um de seus atributos

Corpus desk

Index PT-santo · santo · Portuguese

santo · rank #1,085 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,085
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH risco

Nearest frequency peer: risco (-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 “santo”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “santo” 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).

santo vs são
40% similar
santo vs sono
60% similar
santo vs sapo
60% similar

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

Key facts for santo
PropertyValue
Headwordsanto
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,085
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “santo”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “risco” (#1,084), “suficiente” (#1,086), “provavelmente” (#1,083). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “santo” fica em #1,085. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around santo, anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,085 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for santo, with forms such as "asnto", "sannto", and "sanot". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "são", "sono", "sapo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is santo, spelled S-A-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    um dos nomes de Deus e um de seus atributos
  2. 2
    sagrado
  3. 3
    pessoa separada
  4. 4
    pessoa separada por Deus
  5. 5
    pessoa muito bondosa
  6. 6
    pessoa que se afasta do pecado
  7. 7
    pessoa salva por Jesus Cristo; bem-aventurado
  8. 8
    pessoa que foi canonizada
  9. 9
    imagem ou efígie de uma pessoa canonizada
  10. 10
    senha

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Os santos julgarão o mundo

Synonyms

santãosantarrãosantonasantinho

This word in other languages

saint(English)santo(Español)saint(Français)Heiliger(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asnto
  • sannto
  • sanot
  • santto
  • satno
  • snato
  • ssanto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asnto2sannto1sanot2santto1satno2snato2ssanto1
Edit distance from "santo"

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 "santo"?
"santo" is spelled S-A-N-T-O.
What does "santo" mean?
As a noun, "santo" means: um dos nomes de Deus e um de seus atributos
What words are commonly confused with "santo"?
"santo" is commonly confused with "são", "sono", "sapo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "santo" come from?
"santo" 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 "santo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

risco#1,084usado#1,089morto#1,096culpa#1,066

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

achar7 variantsclasse7 variantssonho7 variantsmatar7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list