Teresina

noun

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The verdict

“Teresina” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,968. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,968
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - capital nordestina do estado brasileiro do Piauí

Corpus desk

Index PT-teresina · Teresina · Portuguese

Teresina · rank #8,968 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,968
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH submarino

Nearest frequency peer: submarino (-3 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 “Teresina”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “Teresina” 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).

Teresina vs termina
63% similar
Teresina vs teresa
63% similar

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

Key facts for Teresina
PropertyValue
HeadwordTeresina
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,968
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “Teresina”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.Teresinacai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “submarino” (#8,965), “significativamente” (#8,963), “she” (#8,962). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “Teresina” fica em #8,968. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Teresina, anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,968 among 917 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "capital nordestina do estado brasileiro do Piauí".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Teresina, with forms such as "etresina", "teersina", and "tereisna". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "termina", "teresa", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is Teresina, spelled T-E-R-E-S-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    capital nordestina do estado brasileiro do Piauí

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Teresina é a única capital da Região Nordeste que não se localiza no litoral, e também a primeira capital planejada do Brasil.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etresina
  • teersina
  • tereisna
  • teresian
  • teresinna
  • teresnia
  • teressina
  • terresina
  • terseina
  • treesina
  • tteresina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etresina2teersina2tereisna2teresian2teresinna1teresnia2teressina1terresina1
Edit distance from "Teresina"

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 "Teresina"?
"Teresina" is spelled T-E-R-E-S-I-N-A.
What does "Teresina" mean?
As a noun, "Teresina" means: capital nordestina do estado brasileiro do Piauí
What words are commonly confused with "Teresina"?
"Teresina" is commonly confused with "termina", "teresa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Teresina" come from?
"Teresina" 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 "Teresina", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

variável#8,981marcante#8,924impresso#8,910Honduras#8,908

Similar misspelling depth

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

admiração11 variantscordeiro11 variantsEnglish11 variantsdivisões11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list