seletiva

adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,838

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

seletiva is anPortugueseadj. It means: que envolve seleção ou escolha cuidadosa com base em critérios específicos

Key facts for seletiva
PropertyValue
Headwordseletiva
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
Letters8
Frequency rank#13,838
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for seletiva is 8 letters long, classified as anadj. Corpus data places it at rank #13,838 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for seletiva, with forms such as "esletiva", "seeltiva", and "seleitva". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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 seletiva, spelled S-E-L-E-T-I-V-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que envolve seleção ou escolha cuidadosa com base em critérios específicos
  2. 2
    que afeta ou beneficia apenas certos organismos, células ou estruturas, com base em características particulares
  3. 3
    relacionado a processo seletivo para ingresso em instituições de ensino

Synonyms

Antonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esletiva,seeltiva,seleitva,seletiav,seletivva,selettiva,seletvia,selletiva,selteiva,sleetiva,sseletiva

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for seletiva

Misspelling Variants of "seletiva"

esletiva8seeltiva8seleitva8seletiav8seletivva9selettiva9seletvia8selletiva9
Misspelling Variants of "seletiva"

Frequency rank: #13,838 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "seletiva"?
"seletiva" is spelled S-E-L-E-T-I-V-A.
What does "seletiva" mean?
As an adj, "seletiva" means: que envolve seleção ou escolha cuidadosa com base em critérios específicos
What are common misspellings of "seletiva"?
Common misspellings include "esletiva", "seeltiva", "seleitva", "seletiav", "seletivva". The correct spelling is "seletiva".
What language does "seletiva" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.