zica
The verdict
“zica” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #45,652. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,652
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 42
- “Z” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - doença causada pelo vírus da zica, transmitido ao homem pela picada do mosquito Aedes aegypti
Corpus desk
Index PT-zica · zica · Portuguese
zica · rank #45,652 · 5 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,652
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 42
- PHOTO-FINISH zarpar
Nearest frequency peer: zarpar (-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 “zica”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- veritas
veritas
54,361 corpus weight
- vet
vet
54,358 corpus weight
- zarpar
zarpar
54,350 corpus weight
- zica
zica
54,349 corpus weight
- aborrecer
aborrecer
54,345 corpus weight
- admire
admire
54,341 corpus weight
What this shows “zica” 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 | zica |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #45,652 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “zica”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around zica, anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,652 among 42 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for zica, with forms such as "izca", "zcia", and "ziac". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "zona", "zinco", "za", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 zica, spelled Z-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1doença causada pelo vírus da zica, transmitido ao homem pela picada do mosquito Aedes aegypti
- 2azar
- 3bicicleta
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zica appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Placar Magazine, jul. 2006, Nº 1296, pag: 19
“Ela é a ajudante do Papai Noel”, diz Vanderlei que ganhou o prêmio de zica mais enfeitada. “Não esperava ganhar, estou muito feliz”.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- izca
- zcia
- ziac
- zicca
- zzica
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zica - 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 "zica", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).