teclado
/tɛ.ˈkla.du/
The verdict
“teclado” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #5,470 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,470
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - parte de instrumento musical composta por várias teclas
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 | teclado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɛ.ˈkla.du/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,470 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “teclado” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for teclado is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tɛ.ˈkla.du/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,470 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for teclado, with forms such as "etclado", "tcelado", and "tecaldo". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "tocado", "telhado", "testado", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 teclado, spelled T-E-C-L-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1parte de instrumento musical composta por várias teclas
- 2dispositivo gerador de sinais eletrônicos a uma máquina computadora, que é composto por várias teclas
- 3unidade de composição da máquina monotipo
- 4instrumento musical eletrônico que imita diversos timbres
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: etclado,tcelado,tecaldo,tecclado,tecladdo,teclaod,tecldao,tecllado,telcado,tteclado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of teclado - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “teclado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-E-C-L-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tɛ.ˈkla.du/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tocado” - see the side-by-side comparison. teclado vs tocado
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.