sintaxe

Name: sintaxe, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/sĩ.ˈta.sɨ/

//sĩ.ˈta.sɨ// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“sintaxe” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #22,800. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,800
frequency rank, Portuguese: 2,603
“S” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - parte da gramática que estuda a disposição das palavras na frase e suas relações entre si, e das frases no discurso, incluindo a sua relação lógica, entre as múltiplas combinações possíveis para tr...

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sintaxe vs síntese

57% similar

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

Key facts for sintaxe
Property	Value
Headword	sintaxe
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/sĩ.ˈta.sɨ/
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#22,800
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sintaxe” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sintaxe lands here:

#22,800

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around sintaxe (IPA /sĩ.ˈta.sɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,800 among 2,603 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for sintaxe, with forms such as "isntaxe", "sinatxe", and "sinntaxe". 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 also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "síntese", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is sintaxe, spelled S-I-N-T-A-X-E.

Definition

1
parte da gramática que estuda a disposição das palavras na frase e suas relações entre si, e das frases no discurso, incluindo a sua relação lógica, entre as múltiplas combinações possíveis para transmitir um significado completo e compreensível
2
obra que trata desse ramo da gramática
3
estudo das regras de sintaxe presentes em determinado período, na obra de um autor e outras situações específicas
4
parte da lógica que estabelece as regras nas quais os elementos do sistema lógico deve ser combinados de modo a que produzam fórmulas adequadamente combinadas
5
o conjunto das regras que servem para sistematizar todas as linguagens
6
distribuição com harmonia das partes ou componentes de um todo

Synonyms

análise sintáticasintaxio-

Antonyms

solecismo

This word in other languages

syntax(English)sintaxis(Español)syntaxe(Français)Syntax(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

isntaxe
sinatxe
sinntaxe
sintaex
sintaxxe
sinttaxe
sintxae
sitnaxe
snitaxe
ssintaxe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sintaxe - 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.

Edit distance from "sintaxe"

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 "sintaxe"?

"sintaxe" is spelled S-I-N-T-A-X-E. The IPA pronunciation is /sĩ.ˈta.sɨ/.

What does "sintaxe" mean?

As a noun, "sintaxe" means: parte da gramática que estuda a disposição das palavras na frase e suas relações entre si, e das frases no discurso, incluindo a sua relação lógica, entre as múltiplas combinações possíveis para tr...

What words are commonly confused with "sintaxe"?

"sintaxe" is commonly confused with "síntese". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "sintaxe"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sintaxe" is /sĩ.ˈta.sɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "sintaxe" come from?

"sintaxe" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Using “sintaxe”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-I-N-T-A-X-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /sĩ.ˈta.sɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “síntese” - see the side-by-side comparison. sintaxe vs síntese
Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

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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.