bluff
/ˈblɐf/
The verdict
“bluff” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #45,723. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,723
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - blefe
Corpus desk
Index PT-bluff · bluff · Portuguese
bluff · rank #45,723 · 6 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,723
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH barbatana
Nearest frequency peer: barbatana (-9 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 “bluff”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- bandar
bandar
54,288 corpus weight
- barbatana
barbatana
54,287 corpus weight
- bluff
bluff
54,278 corpus weight
- camareiro
camareiro
54,267 corpus weight
- canonização
canonização
54,264 corpus weight
- carboidrato
carboidrato
54,261 corpus weight
What this shows “bluff” 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 | bluff |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈblɐf/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #45,723 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “bluff”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around bluff (IPA /ˈblɐf/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,723 among 840 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "blefe".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for bluff, with forms such as "bbluff", "blfuf", and "blluff". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "bufo", "blusa", "blu", 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 is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is bluff, spelled B-L-U-F-F.
Definition
- 1blefe
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbluff
- blfuf
- blluff
- bluf
- bulff
- lbuff
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bluff - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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).