arch
The verdict
“arch” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #35,879. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,879
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - arquear, tomar a forma de um arco
Corpus desk
Index PT-arch · arch · Portuguese
arch · rank #35,879 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,879
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH aplicabilidade
Nearest frequency peer: aplicabilidade (-4 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 “arch”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- amadorismo
amadorismo
64,141 corpus weight
- anniversary
anniversary
64,133 corpus weight
- aplicabilid…
aplicabilidade
64,126 corpus weight
- arch
arch
64,122 corpus weight
- assobio
assobio
64,114 corpus weight
- atípico
atípico
64,111 corpus weight
What this shows “arch” 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 | arch |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #35,879 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “arch”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around arch, averb. Corpus frequency is #35,879 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "arquear, tomar a forma de um arco".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for arch, with forms such as "acrh", "arcch", and "archh". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "art", "are", "Ari", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is arch, spelled A-R-C-H.
Definition
- 1arquear, tomar a forma de um arco
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how arch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Trees arch over the road.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acrh
- arcch
- archh
- arhc
- arrch
- rach
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arch - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "arch", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).