zodíaco

noun

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The verdict

“zodíaco” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,950. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,950
frequency rank, Portuguese
42
“Z” headwords
9
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zona da esfera celeste onde se acham os doze signos que o Sol parece percorrer num ano

Corpus desk

Index PT-zodiaco · zodíaco · Portuguese

zodíaco · rank #17,950 · 9 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,950
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 42
  • PHOTO-FINISH yourself

Nearest frequency peer: yourself (-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 “zodíaco”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “zodíaco” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zodíaco
PropertyValue
Headwordzodíaco
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,950
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “zodíaco”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).zodíacocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “yourself” (#17,949), “abalado” (#17,952), “abater” (#17,953). Entre 42 lemas com “Z”, “zodíaco” fica em #17,950. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around zodíaco, anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,950 among 42 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "zona da esfera celeste onde se acham os doze signos que o Sol parece percorrer num ano".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for zodíaco, with forms such as "ozdíaco", "zdoíaco", and "zodaíco". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is zodíaco, spelled Z-O-D-Í-A-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    zona da esfera celeste onde se acham os doze signos que o Sol parece percorrer num ano

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how zodíaco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Os babalaôs, a troco de dinheiro, jogam o edilogum, os búzios, e servem-se também por aproximação dos signos do zodíaco.

This word in other languages

zodiac(English)zodiaco(Español)zodiaque(Français)Tierkreiszeichen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ozdíaco
  • zdoíaco
  • zodaíco
  • zoddíaco
  • zodíacco
  • zodíaoc
  • zodícao
  • zoídaco
  • zzodíaco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zodíaco - 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.

ozdíaco2zdoíaco2zodaíco2zoddíaco1zodíacco1zodíaoc2zodícao2zoídaco2
Edit distance from "zodíaco"

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 "zodíaco"?
"zodíaco" is spelled Z-O-D-Í-A-C-O.
What does "zodíaco" mean?
As a noun, "zodíaco" means: zona da esfera celeste onde se acham os doze signos que o Sol parece percorrer num ano
What are common misspellings of "zodíaco"?
Common misspellings include "ozdíaco", "zdoíaco", "zodaíco", "zoddíaco", "zodíacco". The correct spelling is "zodíaco".
What language does "zodíaco" come from?
"zodíaco" 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 "zodíaco", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abalado#17,952autismo#17,977serrano#17,915celeiro#17,992

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

tinhas9 variantsprisma9 variantscrespo9 variantsmoment9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list