bile
/ˈbi.li/
The verdict
“bile” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #49,325. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,325
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - substância amarelo-esverdeada secretada pelo fígado dos vertebrados e que atua no duodeno auxiliando especialmente na emulsificação e absorção das gorduras (é armazenada na vesícula biliar)
Corpus desk
Index PT-bile · bile · Portuguese
bile · rank #49,325 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,325
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH batera
Nearest frequency peer: batera (-6 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 “bile”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- bailar
bailar
50,687 corpus weight
- bananal
bananal
50,685 corpus weight
- bandit
bandit
50,684 corpus weight
- batera
batera
50,682 corpus weight
- bile
bile
50,676 corpus weight
- cardinal
cardinal
50,661 corpus weight
What this shows “bile” 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 | bile |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbi.li/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #49,325 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “bile”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around bile (IPA /ˈbi.li/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,325 among 840 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "substância amarelo-esverdeada secretada pelo fígado dos vertebrados e que atua no duodeno auxiliando especialmente na emulsificação e absorção das gorduras (é armazenada na vesícula biliar)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for bile, with forms such as "bbile", "biel", and "bille". 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, "bin", "bit", "bis", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is bile, spelled B-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1substância amarelo-esverdeada secretada pelo fígado dos vertebrados e que atua no duodeno auxiliando especialmente na emulsificação e absorção das gorduras (é armazenada na vesícula biliar)
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbile
- biel
- bille
- blie
- ible
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bile - 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
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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).