substituir
/sub.ʃti.ˈtwiɾ/
The verdict
“substituir” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,023. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,023
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pôr uma pessoa ou coisa no lugar de outra
Corpus desk
Index PT-substituir · substituir · Portuguese
substituir · rank #4,023 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,023
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH tocou
Nearest frequency peer: tocou (+2 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 “substituir”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- profundo
profundo
95,984 corpus weight
- recepção
recepção
95,982 corpus weight
- salvo
salvo
95,981 corpus weight
- substituir
substituir
95,978 corpus weight
- tocou
tocou
95,976 corpus weight
- treinar
treinar
95,973 corpus weight
What this shows “substituir” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | substituir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /sub.ʃti.ˈtwiɾ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #4,023 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “substituir”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around substituir (IPA /sub.ʃti.ˈtwiɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,023 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for substituir, with forms such as "sbustituir", "ssubstituir", and "subbstituir". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 substituir, spelled S-U-B-S-T-I-T-U-I-R.
Definition
- 1pôr uma pessoa ou coisa no lugar de outra
- 2trocar
- 3fazer as vezes de
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sbustituir
- ssubstituir
- subbstituir
- subsittuir
- subsstituir
- substitiur
- substittuir
- substituirr
- substituri
- substiutir
- substtituir
- substtiuir
- subtsituir
- susbtituir
- usbstituir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of substituir - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "substituir", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).