apenas
/ɐ.ˈpe.nɐʃ/
The verdict
“apenas” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #104. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #104
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - somente
Corpus desk
Index PT-apenas · apenas · Portuguese
apenas · rank #104 · 8 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #104
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH coisa
Nearest frequency peer: coisa (+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 “apenas”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- grande
grande
99,901 corpus weight
- vez
vez
99,899 corpus weight
- apenas
apenas
99,897 corpus weight
- coisa
coisa
99,896 corpus weight
- sou
sou
99,895 corpus weight
- 1
1
99,893 corpus weight
What this shows “apenas” 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 | apenas |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ɐ.ˈpe.nɐʃ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #104 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “apenas”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around apenas (IPA /ɐ.ˈpe.nɐʃ/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #104 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "somente".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for apenas, with forms such as "aepnas", "apeans", and "apenass". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "arena", "apesar", "Atenas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is apenas, spelled A-P-E-N-A-S.
Definition
- 1somente
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aepnas
- apeans
- apenass
- apennas
- apensa
- apneas
- appenas
- paenas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apenas - 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 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 "apenas", 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).