babe
[beɪb]
The verdict
“babe” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #16,452. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,452
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o mesmo que baby (bebê)
Corpus desk
Index PT-babe · babe · Portuguese
babe · rank #16,452 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,452
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH autenticidade
Nearest frequency peer: autenticidade (-2 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 “babe”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- autenticida…
autenticidade
83,551 corpus weight
- babe
babe
83,549 corpus weight
- bingo
bingo
83,547 corpus weight
- bum
bum
83,544 corpus weight
- Bósnia
Bósnia
83,543 corpus weight
- caju
caju
83,542 corpus weight
What this shows “babe” 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 | babe |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [beɪb] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #16,452 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “babe”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around babe (IPA [beɪb]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,452 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for babe, with forms such as "abbe", "babbe", and "baeb". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bar", "bad", "ban", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is babe, spelled B-A-B-E.
Definition
- 1o mesmo que baby (bebê)
- 2pessoa, especialmente uma mulher, atraente
- 3querido(a); forma de tratamento carinhosa
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbe
- babbe
- baeb
- bbabe
- bbae
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of babe - 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 "babe", 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 (5 here; floor ≥5).