afinidade

/ɐ.fɨ.ni.ˈda.dɨ/

//ɐ.fɨ.ni.ˈda.dɨ// noun

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The verdict

“afinidade” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,871. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,871
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - atração ou gosto natural por uma pessoa, coisa ou ideia

Corpus desk

Index PT-afinidade · afinidade · Portuguese

afinidade · rank #13,871 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #13,871
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH agregar

Nearest frequency peer: agregar (+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 “afinidade”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “afinidade” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

afinidade vs agilidade
78% similar

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

Key facts for afinidade
PropertyValue
Headwordafinidade
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.fɨ.ni.ˈda.dɨ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#13,871
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “afinidade”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “agregar” (#13,872), “agrupamento” (#13,873), “working” (#13,866). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “afinidade” fica em #13,871. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around afinidade (IPA /ɐ.fɨ.ni.ˈda.dɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,871 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for afinidade, with forms such as "affinidade", "afiindade", and "afindiade". 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, "agilidade", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is afinidade, spelled A-F-I-N-I-D-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    atração ou gosto natural por uma pessoa, coisa ou ideia
  2. 2
    relação por casamento ou por meios outros que o sangue
  3. 3
    semelhança ou concordância inerentes ou próximas
  4. 4
    a força pela qual os átomos são mantidos juntos em compostos químicos

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Este sentimento pareceu-me de grande elevação; era uma afinidade mais entre nós.
  2. As províncias não poderiam escolher livremente os seus governantes; as populações tinham que os escolher entre certas e determinadas famílias, aparentadas pelo sangue ou por afinidade.

Synonyms

parcialidadesimpatiasimilaridade

This word in other languages

affinity(English)afinidad(Español)affinité(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • affinidade
  • afiindade
  • afindiade
  • afiniadde
  • afinidadde
  • afinidaed
  • afiniddade
  • afiniddae
  • afinnidade
  • afniidade
  • aifnidade
  • fainidade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

affinidade1afiindade2afindiade2afiniadde2afinidadde1afinidaed2afiniddade1afiniddae2
Edit distance from "afinidade"

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 "afinidade"?
"afinidade" is spelled A-F-I-N-I-D-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.fɨ.ni.ˈda.dɨ/.
What does "afinidade" mean?
As a noun, "afinidade" means: atração ou gosto natural por uma pessoa, coisa ou ideia
What words are commonly confused with "afinidade"?
"afinidade" is commonly confused with "agilidade". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "afinidade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "afinidade" is /ɐ.fɨ.ni.ˈda.dɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "afinidade" come from?
"afinidade" 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 "afinidade", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

protestar#13,817nostalgia#13,800comprovar#13,698acidental#14,060

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

festejar12 variantsmarcador12 variantsfazermos12 variantscompacto12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list