torpedo
/tuɾ.ˈpe.du/
The verdict
“torpedo” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #21,320 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #21,320
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - engenho bélico formado por recipiente explosivo preso a um arpão e arremessado por espingarda
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 | torpedo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tuɾ.ˈpe.du/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,320 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “torpedo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for torpedo is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tuɾ.ˈpe.du/. Corpus data places it at rank #21,320 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for torpedo, with forms such as "otrpedo", "topredo", and "torepdo". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "torrado", "tordo", "torneio", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is torpedo, spelled T-O-R-P-E-D-O.
Definition
- 1engenho bélico formado por recipiente explosivo preso a um arpão e arremessado por espingarda
- 2engenho bélico, flutuante ou submerso, precursor da mina marítima
- 3engenho bélico explosivo, de propulsão e direcionamento autônomo, usado contra alvos marítimos, com formato, na maioria das vezes, de míssil
- 4bombona
- 5bilhete escrito em papel ou enviado por meio eletrônico (telefone celular, internet, etc.)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: otrpedo,topredo,torepdo,torpdeo,torpeddo,torpeod,torppedo,torrpedo,tropedo,ttorpedo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of torpedo - 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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Using “torpedo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-O-R-P-E-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tuɾ.ˈpe.du/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “torrado” - see the side-by-side comparison. torpedo vs torrado
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.