sci
/ˈʃi/
The verdict
“sci” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #29,904) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #29,904
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - esqui, placa geralmente de madeira para deslizar na água ou na neve
Corpus desk
Index PT-sci · sci · Portuguese
sci · rank #29,904 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,904
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH setecentos
Nearest frequency peer: setecentos (+3 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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “sci”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- rosca
rosca
70,103 corpus weight
- sci
sci
70,097 corpus weight
- setecentos
setecentos
70,094 corpus weight
- shoot
shoot
70,092 corpus weight
- snap
snap
70,090 corpus weight
- startup
startup
70,086 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “sci” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | sci |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃi/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #29,904 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “sci”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for sci is neighbouring look-alikes ("se", "só", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈʃi/. Frequency #29,904 among 1,185 “S” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sci, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "se", "só", "si", and more, 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 sci, spelled S-C-I.
Definition
- 1esqui, placa geralmente de madeira para deslizar na água ou na neve
- 2esqui, esporte praticado com esse equipamento
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).