universitário
The verdict
“universitário” has 18 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,734. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,734
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 345
- “U” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - de universidade
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | universitário |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #3,734 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “universitário” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around universitário, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,734 among 345 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for universitário, with forms such as "nuiversitário", "uinversitário", and "unievrsitário". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is universitário, spelled U-N-I-V-E-R-S-I-T-Á-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1de universidade
- 2universal
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nuiversitário
- uinversitário
- unievrsitário
- univeristário
- univerrsitário
- universitráio
- universittário
- universitáiro
- universitároi
- universitárrio
- universiátrio
- universsitário
- universtiário
- univesritário
- univresitário
- univversitário
- unniversitário
- unviersitário
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of universitário - 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 “universitário”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is U-N-I-V-E-R-S-I-T-Á-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.