tempo
/ˈtẽm.pʊ/
The verdict
“tempo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #84. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #84
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,850
- “T” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - continuum linear não-espacial no qual os eventos se sucedem irreversivelmente
Corpus desk
Index PT-tempo · tempo · Portuguese
tempo · rank #84 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #84
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,850
- PHOTO-FINISH esse
Nearest frequency peer: esse (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “tempo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Brasil
Brasil
99,921 corpus weight
- mundo
mundo
99,920 corpus weight
- esse
esse
99,918 corpus weight
- tempo
tempo
99,917 corpus weight
- vida
vida
99,916 corpus weight
- essa
essa
99,915 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tempo” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | tempo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtẽm.pʊ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #84 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tempo” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around tempo (IPA /ˈtẽm.pʊ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #84 among 1,850 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tempo, with forms such as "etmpo", "temmpo", and "temop". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tipo", "topo", "tomo", and more, 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 tempo, spelled T-E-M-P-O.
Definition
- 1continuum linear não-espacial no qual os eventos se sucedem irreversivelmente
- 2duração limitada, por oposição à ideia de eternidade
- 3período, momento
- 4época
- 5sucessão de anos, meses, dias, horas que envolve a sensação de passado, presente e futuro
- 6estação ou duração própria
- 7estado atmosférico; condições meteorológicas; clima
- 8duração de cada parte do compasso
- 9flexão indicativa do momento em que se refere o estado ou a ação dos verbos
- 10os dois períodos de cada partida no futebol
- 11interrupção de jogo pedida pelo treinador para conversar com atletas que comanda
- 12dimensão que permite identificar dois eventos que, caso contrário, seriam idênticos e que ocorrem no mesmo ponto do espaço [símbolo: T]
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etmpo
- temmpo
- temop
- temppo
- tepmo
- tmepo
- ttempo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tempo - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tempo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
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.