tuberculose

/tubeʁkulozi/

//tubeʁkulozi// noun

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The verdict

“tuberculose” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,792. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,792
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - doença infectocontagiosa e endêmica, provocada pelo Mycobacterium tuberculosis ou bacilo de Koch, podendo atingir quase todos os tecidos do corpo, especialmente os pulmões, caracterizada pela forma...

Corpus desk

Index PT-tuberculose · tuberculose · Portuguese

tuberculose · rank #12,792 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,792
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH tijolo

Nearest frequency peer: tijolo (-4 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 “tuberculose”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “tuberculose” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tuberculose
PropertyValue
Headwordtuberculose
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/tubeʁkulozi/
Letters11
Frequency rank#12,792
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “tuberculose”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).tuberculosecai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “tijolo” (#12,788), “ventilação” (#12,797), “vigia” (#12,798). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “tuberculose” fica em #12,792. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around tuberculose (IPA /tubeʁkulozi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,792 among 917 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for tuberculose, with forms such as "tbuerculose", "ttuberculose", and "tubberculose". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is tuberculose, spelled T-U-B-E-R-C-U-L-O-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    doença infectocontagiosa e endêmica, provocada pelo Mycobacterium tuberculosis ou bacilo de Koch, podendo atingir quase todos os tecidos do corpo, especialmente os pulmões, caracterizada pela formação de tubérculos caseosos
  2. 2
    designação comum a algumas bacterioses vegetais que se manifestam pela formação de nodosidades nos tecidos

Synonyms

consumpçãoconsunçãodelicadadoença do peitodoença-ruimfebre héticafimiafininhafraqueza do peitohécticamagramagrinhamal-de-secarmal-dos-peitosmoléstia-magraqueixa do peitosecatíbiatísica

This word in other languages

tuberculosis(English)tuberculosis(Español)tuberculose(Français)Tuberkulose(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • tbuerculose
  • ttuberculose
  • tubberculose
  • tubecrulose
  • tubercculose
  • tubercluose
  • tubercullose
  • tuberculoes
  • tuberculosse
  • tuberculsoe
  • tubercuolse
  • tuberrculose
  • tuberuclose
  • tubreculose
  • tuebrculose
  • utberculose

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tuberculose - 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.

tbuerculose2ttuberculose1tubberculose1tubecrulose2tubercculose1tubercluose2tubercullose1tuberculoes2
Edit distance from "tuberculose"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tuberculose"?
"tuberculose" is spelled T-U-B-E-R-C-U-L-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is /tubeʁkulozi/.
What does "tuberculose" mean?
As a noun, "tuberculose" means: doença infectocontagiosa e endêmica, provocada pelo Mycobacterium tuberculosis ou bacilo de Koch, podendo atingir quase todos os tecidos do corpo, especialmente os pulmões, caracterizada pela forma...
What are common misspellings of "tuberculose"?
Common misspellings include "tbuerculose", "ttuberculose", "tubberculose", "tubecrulose", "tubercculose". The correct spelling is "tuberculose".
How do you pronounce "tuberculose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tuberculose" is /tubeʁkulozi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tuberculose" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tuberculose", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

consultório#12,849contingente#12,851antiguidade#13,010apropriação#13,012

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

agropecuária16 variantsproliferação16 variantsprejudicial16 variantsinsatisfação16 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list