uruguaio
[u.ɾu.ˈgwa.jo]
The verdict
“uruguaio” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,412. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,412
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 147
- “U” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - natural do Uruguai
Corpus desk
Index PT-uruguaio · uruguaio · Portuguese
uruguaio · rank #13,412 · 9 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,412
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 147
- PHOTO-FINISH veterinária
Nearest frequency peer: veterinária (+1 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 “uruguaio”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- tremer
tremer
86,594 corpus weight
- truque
truque
86,591 corpus weight
- uruguaio
uruguaio
86,589 corpus weight
- veterinária
veterinária
86,588 corpus weight
- vide
vide
86,584 corpus weight
- vodka
vodka
86,583 corpus weight
What this shows “uruguaio” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | uruguaio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [u.ɾu.ˈgwa.jo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #13,412 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “uruguaio”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around uruguaio (IPA [u.ɾu.ˈgwa.jo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,412 among 147 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "natural do Uruguai".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for uruguaio, with forms such as "ruuguaio", "urguuaio", and "urruguaio". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "uruguaios", "uruguaia", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is uruguaio, spelled U-R-U-G-U-A-I-O.
Definition
- 1natural do Uruguai
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ruuguaio
- urguuaio
- urruguaio
- urugauio
- urugguaio
- uruguaoi
- uruguiao
- uruugaio
- uurguaio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of uruguaio - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "uruguaio", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).