answer
The verdict
“answer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #34,133. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,133
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - resposta
Corpus desk
Index PT-answer · answer · Portuguese
answer · rank #34,133 · 9 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #34,133
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH amabilidade
Nearest frequency peer: amabilidade (-2 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 “answer”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- aerodinâmica
aerodinâmica
65,878 corpus weight
- amabilidade
amabilidade
65,870 corpus weight
- answer
answer
65,868 corpus weight
- arab
arab
65,864 corpus weight
- araucária
araucária
65,863 corpus weight
- arruinado
arruinado
65,854 corpus weight
What this shows “answer” 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 | answer |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #34,133 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “answer”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around answer, anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,133 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for answer, with forms such as "annswer", "ansewr", and "ansswer". 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, "anger", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is answer, spelled A-N-S-W-E-R.
Definition
- 1resposta
- 2solução para um problema
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how answer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Her answer to his proposal was a slap on his face.
The answer is ...
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- annswer
- ansewr
- ansswer
- answerr
- answre
- answwer
- anwser
- asnwer
- naswer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of answer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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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 (9 here; floor ≥5).