trimestre
/tɾi.ˈmɛʃ.tɾɨ/
The verdict
“trimestre” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,368. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,368
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,850
- “T” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - período de três meses (um quarto de ano)
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 | trimestre |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɾi.ˈmɛʃ.tɾɨ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #11,368 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trimestre” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around trimestre (IPA /tɾi.ˈmɛʃ.tɾɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,368 among 1,850 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "período de três meses (um quarto de ano)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for trimestre, with forms such as "rtimestre", "tirmestre", and "triemstre". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "trimestral", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is trimestre, spelled T-R-I-M-E-S-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1período de três meses (um quarto de ano)
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtimestre
- tirmestre
- triemstre
- trimesrte
- trimesstre
- trimester
- trimestrre
- trimesttre
- trimetsre
- trimmestre
- trimsetre
- trmiestre
- trrimestre
- ttrimestre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trimestre - 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 “trimestre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-R-I-M-E-S-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tɾi.ˈmɛʃ.tɾɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “trimestral” - see the side-by-side comparison. trimestre vs trimestral
- 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.