solitário
The verdict
“solitário” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #8,542 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #8,542
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sozinho, sem companheiro
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 | solitário |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,542 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “solitário” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for solitário is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #8,542 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for solitário, with forms such as "oslitário", "sloitário", and "soiltário". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "solitária", "sanitário", "Sagitário", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is solitário, spelled S-O-L-I-T-Á-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1sozinho, sem companheiro
- 2caracterizado pela ausência de companheiros
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: oslitário,sloitário,soiltário,solitráio,solittário,solitáiro,solitároi,solitárrio,soliátrio,sollitário,soltiário,ssolitário
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of solitário - 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.
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 “solitário”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-O-L-I-T-Á-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “solitária” - see the side-by-side comparison. solitário vs solitária
- 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.