santuário

noun

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The verdict

“santuário” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,941. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,941
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - local sagrado

Corpus desk

Index PT-santuario · santuário · Portuguese

santuário · rank #6,941 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,941
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH resume

Nearest frequency peer: resume (-2 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 “santuário”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “santuário” 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).

santuário vs sanitário
78% similar

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

Key facts for santuário
PropertyValue
Headwordsantuário
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,941
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “santuário”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.santuáriocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “resume” (#6,939), “rendimento” (#6,936), “soberania” (#6,946). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “santuário” fica em #6,941. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around santuário, anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,941 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for santuário, with forms such as "asntuário", "sanntuário", and "santtuário". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sanitário", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 santuário, spelled S-A-N-T-U-Á-R-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    local sagrado
  2. 2
    reserva ecológica

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. O principal santuário de Kamakura é o Tsurugaoka Hachimangu, fundado por Minamoto Yoriyoshi, em 1063
  2. O maior santuário de golfinhos e baleias do Oceano Índico fica nas costas de Timor Leste, segundo um estudo apresentado ontem na Austrália.

This word in other languages

shrine(English)santuario(Español)sanctuaire(Français)Schrein(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asntuário
  • sanntuário
  • santtuário
  • santuráio
  • santuáiro
  • santuároi
  • santuárrio
  • santáurio
  • sanutário
  • satnuário
  • snatuário
  • ssantuário

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of santuário - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

asntuário2sanntuário1santtuário1santuráio2santuáiro2santuároi2santuárrio1santáurio2
Edit distance from "santuário"

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 "santuário"?
"santuário" is spelled S-A-N-T-U-Á-R-I-O.
What does "santuário" mean?
As a noun, "santuário" means: local sagrado
What words are commonly confused with "santuário"?
"santuário" is commonly confused with "sanitário". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "santuário" come from?
"santuário" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "santuário", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

soberania#6,946procurado#6,927preferido#6,925utilidade#6,962

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

arrecadação12 variantsatualizar12 variantsbiografia12 variantschurrasco12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list