terceira
/tɨɾ.ˈsɐj.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“terceira” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,661. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,661
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - feminino de terceiro
Corpus desk
Index PT-terceira · terceira · Portuguese
terceira · rank #1,661 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,661
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH teoria
Nearest frequency peer: teoria (-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 “terceira”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- surpresa
surpresa
98,344 corpus weight
- tentativa
tentativa
98,342 corpus weight
- teoria
teoria
98,341 corpus weight
- terceira
terceira
98,340 corpus weight
- tocar
tocar
98,339 corpus weight
- técnica
técnica
98,338 corpus weight
What this shows “terceira” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | terceira |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /tɨɾ.ˈsɐj.ɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,661 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “terceira”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around terceira (IPA /tɨɾ.ˈsɐj.ɾɐ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,661 among 917 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "feminino de terceiro".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for terceira, with forms such as "etrceira", "tecreira", and "tercceira". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "terceiro", "terreiro", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is terceira, spelled T-E-R-C-E-I-R-A.
Definition
- 1feminino de terceiro
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etrceira
- tecreira
- tercceira
- terceiar
- terceirra
- terceria
- terciera
- terecira
- terrceira
- treceira
- tterceira
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of terceira - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "terceira", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).