EditevseditorWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“Edite” and “editor” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,376
“Edite” frequency rank
#2,720
“editor” frequency rank
51096
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Edite editor
Definition prenome feminino o que ou aquele que edita:

Letter map: Edite vs editor

Shared letters muted; letters that set Edite and editor apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
Edite
6 ch
editor

Spelling & dictionary notes on Edite vs editor

Edite and editor are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51096, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Edite is recorded at frequency rank #48,376, classified as anoun, pronounced /eˈdʒi.tʃi/. editor is at rank #2,720, tagged as anoun.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 51096, this pair ranks #13,910 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Edite vs editor

Shared letters: deit. Private to "Edite": -. Private to "editor": or.

"Edite" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "editor" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Editedeite · eddite · ediet · editte · edtie · eidte
  • editordeitor · edditor · ediotr · editorr · editro · edittor · edtior · eidtor

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Edite" and "editor" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Edite" vs "editor" - which ranks higher?
"editor" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,720 in our Portuguese list, against #48,376 for "Edite". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Edite" and "editor".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Edite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "editor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,910 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Edite" and "editor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Edite vs égide". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #13,910 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list