tétano
/ˈtɛ.tɐ.nu/
The verdict
“tétano” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #44,631. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,631
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - doença infecciosa grave que frequentemente pode levar à morte; é causada pela neurotoxina tetanospasmina que é produzida pela bactéria anaeróbica Clostridium tetani
Corpus desk
Index PT-tetano · tétano · Portuguese
tétano · rank #44,631 · 8 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,631
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH trepadeira
Nearest frequency peer: trepadeira (-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 “tétano”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- transpiração
transpiração
55,378 corpus weight
- trepadeira
trepadeira
55,373 corpus weight
- tétano
tétano
55,370 corpus weight
- vareta
vareta
55,366 corpus weight
- veneziano
veneziano
55,365 corpus weight
- verga
verga
55,364 corpus weight
What this shows “tétano” 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 | tétano |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɛ.tɐ.nu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #44,631 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “tétano”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around tétano (IPA /ˈtɛ.tɐ.nu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,631 among 917 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "doença infecciosa grave que frequentemente pode levar à morte; é causada pela neurotoxina tetanospasmina que é produzida pela bactéria anaeróbica Clostridium tetani".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for tétano, with forms such as "ttéano", "ttétano", and "téatno". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "tucano", "titânio", "tibetano", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is tétano, spelled T-É-T-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1doença infecciosa grave que frequentemente pode levar à morte; é causada pela neurotoxina tetanospasmina que é produzida pela bactéria anaeróbica Clostridium tetani
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tétano appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Além da vacina contra gripe, 73,7 mil postos estarão capacitados para oferecer também doses contra pneumococos, difteria, tétano e febre amarela.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ttéano
- ttétano
- téatno
- tétanno
- tétaon
- tétnao
- téttano
- éttano
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tétano - 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.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).