Ferreira
"ferreira" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ferreira” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,235. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,235
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Portuguese.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ferreira · Ferreira · English
Ferreira · rank #33,235 · 9 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #33,235
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH femoral
Nearest frequency peer: femoral (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Ferreira”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Favre
Favre
66,770 corpus weight
- Fein
Fein
66,769 corpus weight
- fem
fem
66,768 corpus weight
- femoral
femoral
66,767 corpus weight
- Ferreira
Ferreira
66,766 corpus weight
- Fijian
Fijian
66,763 corpus weight
What this shows “Ferreira” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | Ferreira |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #33,235 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Ferreira”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Ferreira, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #33,235 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from Portuguese.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ferreira, with forms such as "efrreira", "fereira", and "fererira". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Ferrara", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Portuguese Ferreira. The correct English form is Ferreira, spelled F-E-R-R-E-I-R-A.
Definition
- 1A surname from Portuguese.
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Ferreira.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efrreira
- fereira
- fererira
- ferreiar
- ferreirra
- ferreria
- ferriera
- fferreira
- frereira
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ferreira - 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.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ferreira", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).