start
The verdict
“start” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,562. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,562
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ver estarte
Corpus desk
Index PT-start · start · Portuguese
start · rank #12,562 · 8 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,562
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH still
Nearest frequency peer: still (+1 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 “start”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- save
save
87,445 corpus weight
- silver
silver
87,443 corpus weight
- start
start
87,439 corpus weight
- still
still
87,438 corpus weight
- together
together
87,430 corpus weight
- tosse
tosse
87,429 corpus weight
What this shows “start” 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 | start |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #12,562 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “start”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around start, anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,562 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ver estarte".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for start, with forms such as "satrt", "sstart", and "starrt". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "suar", "storm", "startup", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is start, spelled S-T-A-R-T.
Definition
- 1ver estarte
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how start appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Estava dado o start da nossa parceria
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- satrt
- sstart
- starrt
- startt
- statr
- strat
- sttart
- tsart
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of start - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "start", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).