zinco

Name: zinco, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈzĩku/

//ˈzĩku// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“zinco” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #15,485. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,485
frequency rank, Portuguese: 42
“Z” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - elemento químico de símbolo Zn, possui o número atômico 30 e massa atômica relativa 65,409 u; é um metal encontrado em minerais como a blenda, zincita, esmitsonita e calamina; é utilizado principal...

Corpus desk

Index PT-zinco · zinco · Portuguese

zinco · rank #15,485 · 7 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #15,485
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-MID 42
PHOTO-FINISH abacaxi

Nearest frequency peer: abacaxi (+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.

vaidade

84,524
venezuelano

84,523
zinco

84,516
abacaxi

84,514
abusar

84,513
admirável

84,509

What this shows “zinco” 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).

zinco vs zica

60% similar

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

Key facts for zinco
Property	Value
Headword	zinco
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈzĩku/
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#15,485
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “zinco”

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

#15,485

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “abacaxi” (#15,487), “abusar” (#15,488), “venezuelano” (#15,478). Entre 42 lemas com “Z”, “zinco” fica em #15,485. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around zinco (IPA /ˈzĩku/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,485 among 42 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for zinco, with forms such as "iznco", "zicno", and "zincco". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "zica", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 zinco, spelled Z-I-N-C-O.

Definition

1
elemento químico de símbolo Zn, possui o número atômico 30 e massa atômica relativa 65,409 u; é um metal encontrado em minerais como a blenda, zincita, esmitsonita e calamina; é utilizado principalmente no revestimento (galvanização) de outros metais como o aço e o ferro e, em ligas, como o latão, bronze e ligas especiais para soldas
2
folha deste metal, ondulada, com que se cobrem barracões

This word in other languages

zinc(English)zinc(Español)zinc(Français)Zink(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

iznco
zicno
zincco
zinnco
zinoc
znico
zzinco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zinco - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "zinco"

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 "zinco"?

"zinco" is spelled Z-I-N-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈzĩku/.

What does "zinco" mean?

As a noun, "zinco" means: elemento químico de símbolo Zn, possui o número atômico 30 e massa atômica relativa 65,409 u; é um metal encontrado em minerais como a blenda, zincita, esmitsonita e calamina; é utilizado principal...

What words are commonly confused with "zinco"?

"zinco" is commonly confused with "zica". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "zinco"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zinco" is /ˈzĩku/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "zinco" come from?

"zinco" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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