zeloso
/zɨ.ˈlo.zu/
The verdict
“zeloso” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #43,228. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,228
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 42
- “Z” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que tem zelo
Corpus desk
Index PT-zeloso · zeloso · Portuguese
zeloso · rank #43,228 · 8 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #43,228
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 42
- PHOTO-FINISH zum
Nearest frequency peer: zum (+3 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 “zeloso”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- zeloso
zeloso
56,773 corpus weight
- zum
zum
56,770 corpus weight
- ágata
ágata
56,767 corpus weight
- abortado
abortado
56,761 corpus weight
- abrandar
abrandar
56,760 corpus weight
- accord
accord
56,757 corpus weight
What this shows “zeloso” 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 | zeloso |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /zɨ.ˈlo.zu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #43,228 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “zeloso”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around zeloso (IPA /zɨ.ˈlo.zu/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,228 among 42 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for zeloso, with forms such as "ezloso", "zelloso", and "zeloos". 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, "zelo", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is zeloso, spelled Z-E-L-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1que tem zelo
- 2cuidadoso
- 3ciumento
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ezloso
- zelloso
- zeloos
- zelosso
- zelsoo
- zeolso
- zleoso
- zzeloso
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zeloso - 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 "zeloso", 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).