vastidão

/vɐʃ.ti.ˈdɐ̃w̃/

//vɐʃ.ti.ˈdɐ̃w̃// noun

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The verdict

“vastidão” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #48,712. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,712
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - qualidade do que é vasto; imensidão

Corpus desk

Index PT-vastidao · vastidão · Portuguese

vastidão · rank #48,712 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #48,712
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH vascaíno

Nearest frequency peer: vascaíno (-2 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 “vastidão”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “vastidão” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

vastidão vs vestido
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for vastidão
PropertyValue
Headwordvastidão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/vɐʃ.ti.ˈdɐ̃w̃/
Letters8
Frequency rank#48,712
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “vastidão”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.vastidãocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “vascaíno” (#48,710), “vitral” (#48,716), “vivaz” (#48,717). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “vastidão” fica em #48,712. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around vastidão (IPA /vɐʃ.ti.ˈdɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,712 among 501 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "qualidade do que é vasto; imensidão".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for vastidão, with forms such as "avstidão", "vasitdão", and "vasstidão". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "vestido", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is vastidão, spelled V-A-S-T-I-D-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    qualidade do que é vasto; imensidão

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how vastidão appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Afinal, em pleno século 21, com o território nacional quase totalmente ocupado, não se arranca do nada uma vastidão de terra do tamanho de São Paulo.

This word in other languages

largeur(Français)Weite(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avstidão
  • vasitdão
  • vasstidão
  • vastdião
  • vastiddão
  • vastidoã
  • vastiãdo
  • vasttidão
  • vatsidão
  • vsatidão
  • vvastidão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

avstidão2vasitdão2vasstidão1vastdião2vastiddão1vastidoã2vastiãdo2vasttidão1
Edit distance from "vastidão"

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 "vastidão"?
"vastidão" is spelled V-A-S-T-I-D-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /vɐʃ.ti.ˈdɐ̃w̃/.
What does "vastidão" mean?
As a noun, "vastidão" means: qualidade do que é vasto; imensidão
What words are commonly confused with "vastidão"?
"vastidão" is commonly confused with "vestido". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vastidão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vastidão" is /vɐʃ.ti.ˈdɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vastidão" come from?
"vastidão" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vascaíno#48,710starting#48,675proximal#48,613paquerar#48,577

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Manfred11 variantsLudovico11 variantsestafeta11 variantsestagiar11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list