tuberculose
/tubeʁkulozi/
The verdict
“tuberculose” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #12,792 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,792
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tuberculose |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tubeʁkulozi/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #12,792 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tuberculose” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for tuberculose is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tubeʁkulozi/. Corpus data places it at rank #12,792 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1doença 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
- 2designação comum a algumas bacterioses vegetais que se manifestam pela formação de nodosidades nos tecidos
This word in other languages
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.
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 “tuberculose”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-U-B-E-R-C-U-L-O-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tubeʁkulozi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.