xícara
/ˈʃi.kɐ.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“xícara” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,110. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,110
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 27
- “X” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o mesmo que chávena
Corpus desk
Index PT-xicara · xícara · Portuguese
xícara · rank #10,110 · 8 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #10,110
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 27
- PHOTO-FINISH zoológico
Nearest frequency peer: zoológico (+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 “xícara”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- Veloso
Veloso
89,896 corpus weight
- versus
versus
89,893 corpus weight
- xícara
xícara
89,891 corpus weight
- zoológico
zoológico
89,890 corpus weight
- abismo
abismo
89,888 corpus weight
- achado
achado
89,887 corpus weight
What this shows “xícara” 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 | xícara |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃi.kɐ.ɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,110 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “xícara”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around xícara (IPA /ˈʃi.kɐ.ɾɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,110 among 27 “X” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for xícara, with forms such as "xcíara", "xxícara", and "xíacra". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "xará", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is xícara, spelled X-Í-C-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1o mesmo que chávena
- 2o conteúdo de uma xícara
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- xcíara
- xxícara
- xíacra
- xícaar
- xícarra
- xíccara
- xícraa
- íxcara
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of xícara - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "xícara", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).