become
The verdict
“become” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #42,330. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,330
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tornar-se
Corpus desk
Index PT-become · become · Portuguese
become · rank #42,330 · 8 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,330
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH beata
Nearest frequency peer: beata (-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 “become”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- auf
auf
57,683 corpus weight
- bagre
bagre
57,679 corpus weight
- beata
beata
57,673 corpus weight
- become
become
57,671 corpus weight
- bias
bias
57,664 corpus weight
- borla
borla
57,661 corpus weight
What this shows “become” 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 | become |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #42,330 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “become”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around become, averb. Corpus frequency is #42,330 among 840 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "tornar-se".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for become, with forms such as "bbecome", "bceome", and "beccome". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "before", "beco", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 become, spelled B-E-C-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1tornar-se
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how become appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
to become famous: tornar-se famoso
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbecome
- bceome
- beccome
- becmoe
- becoem
- becomme
- beocme
- ebcome
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of become - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "become", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).