spaghetti

/is.pa.ˈgɛ.tʃi/, /is.pa.ˈgɛ.ti/

//is.pa.ˈgɛ.tʃi/, /is.pa.ˈgɛ.ti// noun

The verdict

“spaghetti” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #48,672. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,672
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espaguete

Corpus desk

Index PT-spaghetti · spaghetti · Portuguese

spaghetti · rank #48,672 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,672
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sobrevida

Nearest frequency peer: sobrevida (-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 “spaghetti”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “spaghetti” 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 spaghetti
PropertyValue
Headwordspaghetti
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/is.pa.ˈgɛ.tʃi/, /is.pa.ˈgɛ.ti/
Letters9
Frequency rank#48,672
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “spaghetti”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “sobrevida” (#48,669), “starting” (#48,675), “siderurgia” (#48,667). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “spaghetti” fica em #48,672. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around spaghetti (IPA /is.pa.ˈgɛ.tʃi/, /is.pa.ˈgɛ.ti/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,672 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "espaguete".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for spaghetti, with forms such as "psaghetti", "sapghetti", and "spagehtti". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is spaghetti, spelled S-P-A-G-H-E-T-T-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    espaguete

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psaghetti
  • sapghetti
  • spagehtti
  • spagghetti
  • spagheti
  • spaghetit
  • spaghhetti
  • spaghteti
  • spahgetti
  • spgahetti
  • sppaghetti
  • sspaghetti

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

psaghetti2sapghetti2spagehtti2spagghetti1spagheti1spaghetit2spaghhetti1spaghteti2
Edit distance from "spaghetti"

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 "spaghetti"?
"spaghetti" is spelled S-P-A-G-H-E-T-T-I. The IPA pronunciation is /is.pa.ˈgɛ.tʃi/, /is.pa.ˈgɛ.ti/.
What does "spaghetti" mean?
As a noun, "spaghetti" means: espaguete
What are common misspellings of "spaghetti"?
Common misspellings include "psaghetti", "sapghetti", "spagehtti", "spagghetti", "spagheti". The correct spelling is "spaghetti".
How do you pronounce "spaghetti"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spaghetti" is /is.pa.ˈgɛ.tʃi/, /is.pa.ˈgɛ.ti/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spaghetti" come from?
"spaghetti" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list