arrepio

/ɐ.Rɨ.ˈpi.u/

//ɐ.Rɨ.ˈpi.u// noun

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The verdict

“arrepio” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #20,501. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,501
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tremor passageiro causado por frio ou medo

Corpus desk

Index PT-arrepio · arrepio · Portuguese

arrepio · rank #20,501 · 7 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,501
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH arder

Nearest frequency peer: arder (-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 “arrepio”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “arrepio” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

arrepio vs arroio
71% similar
arrepio vs aurélio
57% similar
arrepio vs armênio
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for arrepio
PropertyValue
Headwordarrepio
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.Rɨ.ˈpi.u/
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,501
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “arrepio”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.arrepiocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “arder” (#20,500), “assimilação” (#20,505), “austral” (#20,507). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “arrepio” fica em #20,501. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around arrepio (IPA /ɐ.Rɨ.ˈpi.u/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,501 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for arrepio, with forms such as "arepio", "arerpio", and "arreipo". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "arroio", "aurélio", "armênio", 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 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 arrepio, spelled A-R-R-E-P-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    tremor passageiro causado por frio ou medo
  2. 2
    estado no qual por contração, a pele fica com poros dilatados e os pelos que dela pendem ficam eriçados por diferentes estímulos, como o sexual como pelo toque, pela fala próxima aos ouvidos ou ainda pelo estímulo do medo
  3. 3
    medo
  4. 4
    estado no qual os pelos ou cabelos estão eriçados, na direção contrária aos fios

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how arrepio appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "Na maior parte das vezes, o arrepio é uma tática do nosso corpo para amenizar a sensação de frio."
  2. Sabia que quando a tocava e via todo aquele arrepio, era tesão.

Synonyms

calafrioarrepiamentopele arrepiadapele de galinha

This word in other languages

shivering(English)frissonnement(Français)Zittern(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arepio
  • arerpio
  • arreipo
  • arrepoi
  • arreppio
  • arrpeio
  • rarepio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arrepio - 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.

arepio1arerpio2arreipo2arrepoi2arreppio1arrpeio2rarepio2
Edit distance from "arrepio"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "arrepio"?
"arrepio" is spelled A-R-R-E-P-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.Rɨ.ˈpi.u/.
What does "arrepio" mean?
As a noun, "arrepio" means: tremor passageiro causado por frio ou medo
What words are commonly confused with "arrepio"?
"arrepio" is commonly confused with "arroio", "aurélio", "armênio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "arrepio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arrepio" is /ɐ.Rɨ.ˈpi.u/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arrepio" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "arrepio", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

austral#20,507algures#20,489cadeado#20,519comoção#20,535

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

arder7 variantsfetal7 variantshaste7 variantsfusca7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list