chess
/ˈtʃɛs/
The verdict
“chess” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #49,866. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,866
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - xadrez
Corpus desk
Index PT-chess · chess · Portuguese
chess · rank #49,866 · 6 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,866
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cassetete
Nearest frequency peer: cassetete (-7 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 “chess”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- caliente
caliente
50,149 corpus weight
- cassetete
cassetete
50,142 corpus weight
- chess
chess
50,135 corpus weight
- comprimir
comprimir
50,123 corpus weight
- comunais
comunais
50,122 corpus weight
- condition
condition
50,121 corpus weight
What this shows “chess” 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 | chess |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtʃɛs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #49,866 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “chess”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around chess (IPA /ˈtʃɛs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,866 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "xadrez".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for chess, with forms such as "cchess", "cehss", and "ches". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "cross", "class", "che", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented 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 chess, spelled C-H-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1xadrez
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchess
- cehss
- ches
- chhess
- chses
- hcess
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chess - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chess", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).