tecnicamente
The verdict
“tecnicamente” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #9,269 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #9,269
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 12
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - de modo técnico
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 | tecnicamente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #9,269 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tecnicamente” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for tecnicamente is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb. Corpus data places it at rank #9,269 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "de modo técnico".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for tecnicamente, with forms such as "etcnicamente", "tcenicamente", and "teccnicamente". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "teoricamente", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is tecnicamente, spelled T-E-C-N-I-C-A-M-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1de modo técnico
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: etcnicamente,tcenicamente,teccnicamente,tecincamente,tecnciamente,tecniacmente,tecnicaemnte,tecnicamenet,tecnicamennte,tecnicamentte,tecnicametne,tecnicammente,tecnicamnete,tecniccamente,tecnicmaente,tecnnicamente,tencicamente,ttecnicamente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tecnicamente - 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.
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 “tecnicamente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-E-C-N-I-C-A-M-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “teoricamente” - see the side-by-side comparison. tecnicamente vs teoricamente
- 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.