vidro
The verdict
“vidro” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #3,444 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,444
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - substância transparente e quebradiça, feita através de um processo de fusão de determinadas areias a altas temperaturas, que se molda no formato desejado
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 | vidro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,444 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vidro” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for vidro is 5 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #3,444 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for vidro, with forms such as "ivdro", "vdiro", and "viddro". 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 also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "vir", "vivo", "vier", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is vidro, spelled V-I-D-R-O.
Definition
- 1substância transparente e quebradiça, feita através de um processo de fusão de determinadas areias a altas temperaturas, que se molda no formato desejado
- 2placa feita de vidro
- 3janela
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ivdro,vdiro,viddro,vidor,vidrro,virdo,vvidro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vidro - 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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Using “vidro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is V-I-D-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “vir” - see the side-by-side comparison. vidro vs vir
- 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.