begin
/bɪˈgɪn/
The verdict
“begin” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #31,255. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,255
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - começar
Corpus desk
Index PT-begin · begin · Portuguese
begin · rank #31,255 · 6 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,255
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH baço
Nearest frequency peer: baço (-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 “begin”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- babado
babado
68,752 corpus weight
- basket
basket
68,748 corpus weight
- baço
baço
68,747 corpus weight
- begin
begin
68,746 corpus weight
- biênio
biênio
68,742 corpus weight
- both
both
68,736 corpus weight
What this shows “begin” 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 | begin |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /bɪˈgɪn/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #31,255 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “begin”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around begin (IPA /bɪˈgɪn/), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,255 among 840 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "começar".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for begin, with forms such as "bbegin", "beggin", and "beginn". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "bin", "being", "Benin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 begin, spelled B-E-G-I-N.
Definition
- 1começar
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbegin
- beggin
- beginn
- begni
- bgein
- ebgin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of begin - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).