sufocado

adj

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The verdict

“sufocado” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #31,573. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,573
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que é ou foi alvo de sufocação

Corpus desk

Index PT-sufocado · sufocado · Portuguese

sufocado · rank #31,573 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #31,573
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH subjetivo

Nearest frequency peer: subjetivo (-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 “sufocado”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “sufocado” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sufocado vs sufocar
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sufocado
PropertyValue
Headwordsufocado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,573
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sufocado”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).sufocadocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “subjetivo” (#31,572), “tardar” (#31,579), “tear” (#31,581). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sufocado” fica em #31,573. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around sufocado, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,573 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sufocado, with forms such as "sfuocado", "ssufocado", and "sufcoado". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sufocar", 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 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 sufocado, spelled S-U-F-O-C-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que é ou foi alvo de sufocação
  2. 2
    que não consegue respirar
  3. 3
    que não pode nem consegue falar com clareza
  4. 4
    que foi alvo de repressão
  5. 5
    que está ou foi preso; abafado

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how sufocado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sentimento sufocado.

Synonyms

abafadoasfixiado

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sfuocado
  • ssufocado
  • sufcoado
  • suffocado
  • sufoacdo
  • sufocaddo
  • sufocaod
  • sufoccado
  • sufocdao
  • suofcado
  • usfocado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sfuocado2ssufocado1sufcoado2suffocado1sufoacdo2sufocaddo1sufocaod2sufoccado1
Edit distance from "sufocado"

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 "sufocado"?
"sufocado" is spelled S-U-F-O-C-A-D-O.
What does "sufocado" mean?
As an adjective, "sufocado" means: que é ou foi alvo de sufocação
What words are commonly confused with "sufocado"?
"sufocado" is commonly confused with "sufocar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "sufocado" come from?
"sufocado" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vesícula#31,602alfaiate#31,630parteira#31,485camomila#31,674

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

arremessar11 variantscanivete11 variantsmanchar11 variantsinsinuar11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list