baby
The verdict
“baby” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,122. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,122
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o mesmo que bebé, bebê
Corpus desk
Index PT-baby · baby · Portuguese
baby · rank #3,122 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,122
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH aventura
Nearest frequency peer: aventura (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “baby”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- acordar
acordar
96,884 corpus weight
- arena
arena
96,881 corpus weight
- aventura
aventura
96,880 corpus weight
- baby
baby
96,879 corpus weight
- bebida
bebida
96,877 corpus weight
- campus
campus
96,874 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “baby” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | baby |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #3,122 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “baby” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around baby, anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,122 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for baby, with forms such as "abby", "babby", and "babyy". 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, "by", "bar", "boy", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is baby, spelled B-A-B-Y.
Definition
- 1o mesmo que bebé, bebê
- 2querido(a)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how baby appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Baby, eu te amo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abby
- babby
- babyy
- bayb
- bbaby
- bbay
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of baby - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "baby", 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).
What to do next
You've looked up "baby". Here's where to go from here.
- "baby" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "by". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,122 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.