apple
/ˈæ.pl̩/ ouvir^(fonte ?)
The verdict
“apple” sits in 7 confusable pairs (corpus #4,286) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #4,286
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - maçã
Corpus desk
Index PT-apple · apple · Portuguese
apple · rank #4,286 · 3 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,286
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH apagar
Nearest frequency peer: apagar (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “apple”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- africano
africano
95,718 corpus weight
- amplo
amplo
95,717 corpus weight
- apagar
apagar
95,716 corpus weight
- apple
apple
95,715 corpus weight
- arco
arco
95,714 corpus weight
- augusto
augusto
95,712 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “apple” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | apple |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæ.pl̩/ ouvir^(fonte ?) |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,286 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “apple”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for apple is neighbouring look-alikes ("app", "ale", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈæ.pl̩/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Frequency #4,286 among 1,900 “A” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for apple, with forms such as "aple", "aplpe", and "applle". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "app", "ale", "ape", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is apple, spelled A-P-P-L-E.
Definition
- 1maçã
- 2a árvore frutífera do gênero Malus domestica
- 3a madeira da sobre referida árvore
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aple
- aplpe
- applle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apple - 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 "apple", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).