ares
The verdict
“ares” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #10,309 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,309
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - atmosfera, ar
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 | ares |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #10,309 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ares” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for ares is 4 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #10,309 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for ares, with forms such as "aers", "aress", and "arres". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "As", "até", "art", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is ares, spelled A-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1atmosfera, ar
- 2condições climáticas
- 3fisionomia, aspecto
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aers,aress,arres,arse,raes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ares - 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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Using “ares”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “As” - see the side-by-side comparison. ares vs As
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.