terrorismo
/tɨ.Ru.ˈɾiʒ.mu/
The verdict
“terrorismo” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,953. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,953
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,850
- “T” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - modo de impor a vontade pelo uso sistemático do terror
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 | terrorismo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɨ.Ru.ˈɾiʒ.mu/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #6,953 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “terrorismo” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around terrorismo (IPA /tɨ.Ru.ˈɾiʒ.mu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,953 among 1,850 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for terrorismo, with forms such as "etrrorismo", "terorismo", and "terorrismo". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "terrorista", 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 terrorismo, spelled T-E-R-R-O-R-I-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1modo de impor a vontade pelo uso sistemático do terror
- 2emprego sistemático da violência para fins políticos, especialmente a prática de atentados e destruições por grupos cujo objetivo é a desorganização da sociedade existente e a tomada do poder
- 3regime de violência instituído por um governo
- 4(Derivação: por extensão de sentido): atitude de intolerância e de intimidação adotada pelos defensores de uma ideologia, sobretudo nos campos literário e artístico, em relação àqueles que não participam de suas convicções
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: etrrorismo,terorismo,terorrismo,terroirsmo,terrorimso,terrorismmo,terrorisom,terrorissmo,terrorrismo,terrorsimo,terrroismo,trerorismo,tterrorismo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of terrorismo - 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.
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 “terrorismo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-E-R-R-O-R-I-S-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tɨ.Ru.ˈɾiʒ.mu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “terrorista” - see the side-by-side comparison. terrorismo vs terrorista
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.