seletiva

adj

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The verdict

“seletiva” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,838. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,838
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que envolve seleção ou escolha cuidadosa com base em critérios específicos

Corpus desk

Index PT-seletiva · seletiva · Portuguese

seletiva · rank #13,838 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,838
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH samurai

Nearest frequency peer: samurai (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “seletiva”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “seletiva” 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
Key facts for seletiva
PropertyValue
Headwordseletiva
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#13,838
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “seletiva”

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “samurai” (#13,835), “space” (#13,845), “textura” (#13,849). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “seletiva” fica em #13,838. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around seletiva, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,838 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 seletiva, spelled S-E-L-E-T-I-V-A.

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. A política seletiva de admissões busca candidatos com perfil acadêmico diferenciado
  2. O antibiótico atua de forma seletiva contra bactérias gram-positivas

Synonyms

criteriosoescolhidoespecífico

Antonyms

aleatórioindiscriminado

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esletiva
  • seeltiva
  • seleitva
  • seletiav
  • seletivva
  • selettiva
  • seletvia
  • selletiva
  • selteiva
  • sleetiva
  • sseletiva

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of seletiva - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

esletiva2seeltiva2seleitva2seletiav2seletivva1selettiva1seletvia2selletiva1
Edit distance from "seletiva"

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 "seletiva"?
"seletiva" is spelled S-E-L-E-T-I-V-A.
What does "seletiva" mean?
As an adjective, "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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

porreiro#13,811amarrado#13,877arterial#13,883lingerie#13,780

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

working11 variantsinserido11 variantshepatite11 variantsgerência11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list