# Brazilian Portuguese Dictionary (New Spelling)

> The same spellchecker shipped with the Brazilian version of Firefox.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/corretor](https://chrome-stats.com/d/corretor)

## Overview

- **ID:** `corretor`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** jhltmnn
- **Category:** general
- **Daily users:** 104,710
- **Weekly downloads:** 1,545
- **Rating:** 4.39 / 5 (113 ratings)
- **Version:** 140.2025.142.1267
- **Last updated:** 2025-05-23
- **First published:** 2006-08-27
- **Size:** 191 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/corretor/)

## Description

The Brazilian Portuguese Dictionary (New Spelling) Chrome extension offers the same reliable spellchecking experience as found in the Brazilian version of Firefox. It provides accurate spelling correction tailored to Brazilian Portuguese users, supporting not only the current official orthography but also the former spelling conventions.

Ideal for writers, students, and professionals working with Brazilian Portuguese text, this extension ensures your writing adheres to the correct spelling rules. Whether you need to check documents with the modern or traditional spelling, this tool has you covered, enhancing your productivity and accuracy.

## Rankings

- #217 — Overall
- #2 — spelling
- #29 — dictionary
- #52 — version
- #54 — sport
- #69 — section

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- This permission has no access or impact on the user's system or data, thus carrying no risk.
- This extension was updated more than 6 months ago. Older versions are more likely to be stable and safe.

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## Review summary

Users generally praise the add-on as excellent/perfect, but multiple reviews report missing common words—most notably "não"—and note incomplete dictionary coverage that prevents proper corrections. Reviewers request fixes to add these missing entries.

### Pros

- Multiple users describe the add-on as excellent/perfect, indicating strong overall satisfaction

### Cons

- Missing several common/simple words (specifically the word "não" is reported absent)
- Incomplete vocabulary coverage leading to failures in correcting common words

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/corretor)