sustentável

/suʃ.tẽ.ˈta.vɛɫ/

//suʃ.tẽ.ˈta.vɛɫ// adj

The verdict

“sustentável” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,805. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,805
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que se pode sustentar

Corpus desk

Index PT-sustentavel · sustentável · Portuguese

sustentável · rank #3,805 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,805
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sócio

Nearest frequency peer: sócio (+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 “sustentável”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “sustentável” 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 sustentável
PropertyValue
Headwordsustentável
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/suʃ.tẽ.ˈta.vɛɫ/
Letters11
Frequency rank#3,805
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sustentável”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “sócio” (#3,806), “taça” (#3,807), “templo” (#3,808). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sustentável” fica em #3,805. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around sustentável (IPA /suʃ.tẽ.ˈta.vɛɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,805 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "que se pode sustentar".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for sustentável, with forms such as "ssustentável", "ssutentável", and "susetntável". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is sustentável, spelled S-U-S-T-E-N-T-Á-V-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    que se pode sustentar

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ssustentável
  • ssutentável
  • susetntável
  • susstentável
  • sustenntável
  • sustenttável
  • sustentváel
  • sustentáevl
  • sustentávell
  • sustentávle
  • sustentávvel
  • sustenátvel
  • sustetnável
  • sustnetável
  • susttentável
  • sutsentável
  • usstentável

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ssustentável1ssutentável2susetntável2susstentável1sustenntável1sustenttável1sustentváel2sustentáevl2
Edit distance from "sustentável"

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 "sustentável"?
"sustentável" is spelled S-U-S-T-E-N-T-Á-V-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is /suʃ.tẽ.ˈta.vɛɫ/.
What does "sustentável" mean?
As an adjective, "sustentável" means: que se pode sustentar
What are common misspellings of "sustentável"?
Common misspellings include "ssustentável", "ssutentável", "susetntável", "susstentável", "sustenntável". The correct spelling is "sustentável".
How do you pronounce "sustentável"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sustentável" is /suʃ.tẽ.ˈta.vɛɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sustentável" come from?
"sustentável" 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 "sustentável", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list