terceiro

adj

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The verdict

“terceiro” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,228. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,228
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - refere-se àquele que ocupa a posição terciária em uma série; o que vem depois do segundo

Corpus desk

Index PT-terceiro · terceiro · Portuguese

terceiro · rank #1,228 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,228
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH rock

Nearest frequency peer: rock (-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 “terceiro”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “terceiro” 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).

terceiro vs terreiro
88% similar
terceiro vs terceira
88% similar

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

Key facts for terceiro
PropertyValue
Headwordterceiro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,228
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “terceiro”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).terceirocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “rock” (#1,227), “território” (#1,229), “rainha” (#1,226). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “terceiro” fica em #1,228. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around terceiro, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,228 among 917 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "refere-se àquele que ocupa a posição terciária em uma série; o que vem depois do segundo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for terceiro, with forms such as "etrceiro", "tecreiro", and "tercceiro". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "terreiro", "terceira", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is terceiro, spelled T-E-R-C-E-I-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    refere-se àquele que ocupa a posição terciária em uma série; o que vem depois do segundo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how terceiro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ainda ocupou o terceiro lugar no pódio.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etrceiro
  • tecreiro
  • tercceiro
  • terceior
  • terceirro
  • tercerio
  • terciero
  • tereciro
  • terrceiro
  • treceiro
  • tterceiro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etrceiro2tecreiro2tercceiro1terceior2terceirro1tercerio2terciero2tereciro2
Edit distance from "terceiro"

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 "terceiro"?
"terceiro" is spelled T-E-R-C-E-I-R-O.
What does "terceiro" mean?
As an adjective, "terceiro" means: refere-se àquele que ocupa a posição terciária em uma série; o que vem depois do segundo
What words are commonly confused with "terceiro"?
"terceiro" is commonly confused with "terreiro", "terceira". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "terceiro" come from?
"terceiro" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

imprensa#1,196telefone#1,260festival#1,193espírito#1,191

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

abertura11 variantsdeputado11 variantsacidente11 variantsfrancês11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list