transitório
/tɾɐ̃.zi.ˈtɔ.ɾju/
The verdict
“transitório” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #42,244 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #42,244
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - de curta duração; efêmero
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 | transitório |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /tɾɐ̃.zi.ˈtɔ.ɾju/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #42,244 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “transitório” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for transitório is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tɾɐ̃.zi.ˈtɔ.ɾju/. Corpus data places it at rank #42,244 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "de curta duração; efêmero".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for transitório, with forms such as "rtansitório", "tarnsitório", and "tranistório". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "transtorno", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is transitório, spelled T-R-A-N-S-I-T-Ó-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1de curta duração; efêmero
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rtansitório,tarnsitório,tranistório,trannsitório,transitróio,transittório,transitóiro,transitóroi,transitórrio,transiótrio,transsitório,transtiório,trasnitório,trnasitório,trransitório,ttransitório
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of transitório - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “transitório”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-R-A-N-S-I-T-Ó-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tɾɐ̃.zi.ˈtɔ.ɾju/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “transtorno” - see the side-by-side comparison. transitório vs transtorno
- 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.