cats
/kæts/
The verdict
“cats” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #31,281. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,281
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural de cat
Corpus desk
Index PT-cats · cats · Portuguese
cats · rank #31,281 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,281
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cazaque
Nearest frequency peer: cazaque (+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 “cats”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- canudo
canudo
68,725 corpus weight
- cats
cats
68,720 corpus weight
- cazaque
cazaque
68,719 corpus weight
- celulite
celulite
68,717 corpus weight
- Chakra
Chakra
68,714 corpus weight
- choose
choose
68,711 corpus weight
What this shows “cats” 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 | cats |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kæts/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #31,281 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “cats”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around cats (IPA /kæts/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,281 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural de cat".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cats, with forms such as "acts", "catss", and "catts". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cut", "cos", "city", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 cats, spelled C-A-T-S.
Definition
- 1plural de cat
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acts
- catss
- catts
- ccats
- ctas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cats - 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 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).