sorteio
/suɾ.ˈtɐj.u/
The verdict
“sorteio” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,767. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,767
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - método de distribuição de algo indivisível entre vários, dos que um só será agraciado, baseado em fórmulas de casualidade, de acaso; ato de rifar (sortear)
Corpus desk
Index PT-sorteio · sorteio · Portuguese
sorteio · rank #4,767 · 9 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,767
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH servidor
Nearest frequency peer: servidor (-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 “sorteio”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- reclamar
reclamar
95,241 corpus weight
- seco
seco
95,238 corpus weight
- servidor
servidor
95,237 corpus weight
- sorteio
sorteio
95,234 corpus weight
- tornado
tornado
95,231 corpus weight
- tínhamos
tínhamos
95,229 corpus weight
What this shows “sorteio” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | sorteio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /suɾ.ˈtɐj.u/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,767 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “sorteio”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around sorteio (IPA /suɾ.ˈtɐj.u/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,767 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "método de distribuição de algo indivisível entre vários, dos que um só será agraciado, baseado em fórmulas de casualidade, de acaso; ato de rifar (sortear)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sorteio, with forms such as "osrteio", "soretio", and "sorrteio". 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, "sorte", "sortear", "solteiro", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is sorteio, spelled S-O-R-T-E-I-O.
Definition
- 1método de distribuição de algo indivisível entre vários, dos que um só será agraciado, baseado em fórmulas de casualidade, de acaso; ato de rifar (sortear)
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osrteio
- soretio
- sorrteio
- sorteoi
- sortieo
- sortteio
- sotreio
- sroteio
- ssorteio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sorteio - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sorteio", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).