calibre
The verdict
“calibre” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,452. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,452
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - refere-se a espessura do cano de armas de fogo
Corpus desk
Index PT-calibre · calibre · Portuguese
calibre · rank #9,452 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,452
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cearense
Nearest frequency peer: cearense (+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 “calibre”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- banca
banca
90,553 corpus weight
- boate
boate
90,551 corpus weight
- calibre
calibre
90,549 corpus weight
- cearense
cearense
90,548 corpus weight
- cerâmica
cerâmica
90,546 corpus weight
- cinto
cinto
90,545 corpus weight
What this shows “calibre” 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 | calibre |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,452 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “calibre”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around calibre, anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,452 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for calibre, with forms such as "aclibre", "cailbre", and "calbire". 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, "cálice", "célebre", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 calibre, spelled C-A-L-I-B-R-E.
Definition
- 1refere-se a espessura do cano de armas de fogo
- 2valor, importância, qualidade
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how calibre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Em mais uma incursão na Favela Vila dos Pinheiros, policiais militares do 22º BPM trocaram tiros com traficantes e apreenderam uma carabina calibre 12, uma pistola calibre 45, além de crack e cocaína.
Para quem esperava algo mais consistente do diretor - afinal, um roteirista com seu calibre e experiência -, poderá ser decepcionante.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclibre
- cailbre
- calbire
- calibbre
- caliber
- calibrre
- calirbe
- callibre
- ccalibre
- claibre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calibre - 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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).