África
/ˈa.fɾɪ.kɐ/
The verdict
“África” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,185. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,185
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 25
- “Á” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - continente localizado ao sul da Europa e oeste da Ásia, entre os oceanos Atlântico e Índico:
Corpus desk
Index PT-africa · África · Portuguese
África · rank #1,185 · 8 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,185
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 25
- PHOTO-FINISH vila
Nearest frequency peer: vila (-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 “África”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- unidade
unidade
98,818 corpus weight
- vila
vila
98,817 corpus weight
- África
África
98,816 corpus weight
- aula
aula
98,815 corpus weight
- conversar
conversar
98,814 corpus weight
- deputado
deputado
98,813 corpus weight
What this shows “África” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | África |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈa.fɾɪ.kɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,185 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “África”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around África (IPA /ˈa.fɾɪ.kɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,185 among 25 “Á” headwords. Dominant gloss: "continente localizado ao sul da Europa e oeste da Ásia, entre os oceanos Atlântico e Índico:".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for África, with forms such as "fárica", "áffrica", and "áfirca". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "arriba", "africano", "aflição", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is África, spelled Á-F-R-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1continente localizado ao sul da Europa e oeste da Ásia, entre os oceanos Atlântico e Índico:
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how África appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O Brasil pode faturar até € 4 bilhões por ano com as exportações de equipamentos militares - e pode fazer isso em prazo bem curto, operando com as nações da África, Ásia e do Golfo Arábico.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fárica
- áffrica
- áfirca
- áfrcia
- áfriac
- áfricca
- áfrrica
- árfica
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of África - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "África", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).