tónica
/ˈtɔ.ni.kɐ/
The verdict
“tónica” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #48,169. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,169
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nota, vogal ou sílaba tónica
Corpus desk
Index PT-tonica · tónica · Portuguese
tónica · rank #48,169 · 8 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,169
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH verídico
Nearest frequency peer: verídico (+9 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 “tónica”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- temperar
temperar
51,851 corpus weight
- tónica
tónica
51,832 corpus weight
- verídico
verídico
51,823 corpus weight
- vivente
vivente
51,816 corpus weight
- watt
watt
51,812 corpus weight
- webmail
webmail
51,811 corpus weight
What this shows “tónica” 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 | tónica |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɔ.ni.kɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #48,169 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “tónica”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around tónica (IPA /ˈtɔ.ni.kɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,169 among 917 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for tónica, with forms such as "tnóica", "ttónica", and "tóinca". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "touca", "toxic", "tóxico", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is tónica, spelled T-Ó-N-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1nota, vogal ou sílaba tónica
- 2tema principal
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- tnóica
- ttónica
- tóinca
- tóncia
- tóniac
- tónicca
- tónnica
- ótnica
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tónica - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tónica", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).