sintomas
The verdict
“sintomas” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #4,183 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,183
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural de sintoma
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 | sintomas |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,183 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sintomas” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for sintomas is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #4,183 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "plural de sintoma".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for sintomas, with forms such as "isntomas", "sinntomas", and "sinotmas". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sintoma", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is sintomas, spelled S-I-N-T-O-M-A-S.
Definition
- 1plural de sintoma
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: isntomas,sinntomas,sinotmas,sintmoas,sintoams,sintomass,sintommas,sintomsa,sinttomas,sitnomas,snitomas,ssintomas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sintomas - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “sintomas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-I-N-T-O-M-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “sintoma” - see the side-by-side comparison. sintomas vs sintoma
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.