sustento

/suʃ.ˈtẽ.tu/

//suʃ.ˈtẽ.tu// noun

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The verdict

“sustento” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,779. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,779
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de sustentar.

Corpus desk

Index PT-sustento · sustento · Portuguese

sustento · rank #12,779 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,779
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sutiã

Nearest frequency peer: sutiã (+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 “sustento”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “sustento” 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).

sustento vs suspenso
75% similar
sustento vs sustentar
78% similar
sustento vs sustentado
80% similar

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

Key facts for sustento
PropertyValue
Headwordsustento
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/suʃ.ˈtẽ.tu/
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,779
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sustento”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.sustentocai 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 “sutiã” (#12,780), “secular” (#12,773), “tijolo” (#12,788). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sustento” fica em #12,779. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around sustento (IPA /suʃ.ˈtẽ.tu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,779 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for sustento, with forms such as "ssustento", "ssutento", and "susetnto". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "suspenso", "sustentar", "sustentado", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is sustento, spelled S-U-S-T-E-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de sustentar.
  2. 2
    sustentação; conservação; alimento.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ssustento
  • ssutento
  • susetnto
  • susstento
  • sustennto
  • sustenot
  • sustentto
  • sustetno
  • sustneto
  • susttento
  • sutsento
  • usstento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ssustento1ssutento2susetnto2susstento1sustennto1sustenot2sustentto1sustetno2
Edit distance from "sustento"

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 "sustento"?
"sustento" is spelled S-U-S-T-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /suʃ.ˈtẽ.tu/.
What does "sustento" mean?
As a noun, "sustento" means: ato ou efeito de sustentar.
What words are commonly confused with "sustento"?
"sustento" is commonly confused with "suspenso", "sustentar", "sustentado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sustento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sustento" is /suʃ.ˈtẽ.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sustento" come from?
"sustento" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

madrasta12 variantsdesfecho12 variantsfascismo12 variantsbeautiful12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list