believe

/bɪ.ˈliːv/, /bə.ˈliːv/

//bɪ.ˈliːv/, /bə.ˈliːv// verb

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The verdict

“believe” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,024. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,024
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - acreditar, crer, tomar como verdadeiro:

Corpus desk

Index PT-believe · believe · Portuguese

believe · rank #13,024 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,024
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH boné

Nearest frequency peer: boné (+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 “believe”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “believe” 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).

believe vs Belize
57% similar
believe vs beliche
71% similar

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

Key facts for believe
PropertyValue
Headwordbelieve
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/bɪ.ˈliːv/, /bə.ˈliːv/
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,024
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “believe”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).believecai 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 “boné” (#13,026), “bora” (#13,027), “autocarro” (#13,016). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “believe” fica em #13,024. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around believe (IPA /bɪ.ˈliːv/, /bə.ˈliːv/), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,024 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for believe, with forms such as "bbelieve", "beileve", and "beleive". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Belize", "beliche", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is believe, spelled B-E-L-I-E-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    acreditar, crer, tomar como verdadeiro:
  2. 2
    achar, pensar, ter determinada opinião:

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Why did I ever believe in you?
  2. She believes it might rain tomorrow.

Synonyms

beleevesupposethink

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbelieve
  • beileve
  • beleive
  • belieev
  • believve
  • belivee
  • bellieve
  • bleieve
  • eblieve

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbelieve1beileve2beleive2belieev2believve1belivee2bellieve1bleieve2
Edit distance from "believe"

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 "believe"?
"believe" is spelled B-E-L-I-E-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is /bɪ.ˈliːv/, /bə.ˈliːv/.
What does "believe" mean?
As a verb, "believe" means: acreditar, crer, tomar como verdadeiro:
What words are commonly confused with "believe"?
"believe" is commonly confused with "Belize", "beliche". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "believe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "believe" is /bɪ.ˈliːv/, /bə.ˈliːv/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "believe" come from?
"believe" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

canalha#13,034válvula#12,997célebre#13,054rebanho#12,966

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

strike9 variantsFriday9 variantsprenda9 variantsmediação9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list