circle
/ˈsɜɹkəl/
The verdict
“circle” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #22,565. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,565
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - círculo
Corpus desk
Index PT-circle · circle · Portuguese
circle · rank #22,565 · 9 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,565
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cio
Nearest frequency peer: cio (-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 “circle”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- cher
cher
77,441 corpus weight
- cio
cio
77,437 corpus weight
- circle
circle
77,436 corpus weight
- civilizado
civilizado
77,434 corpus weight
- colossal
colossal
77,431 corpus weight
- combatente
combatente
77,430 corpus weight
What this shows “circle” 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 | circle |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɜɹkəl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #22,565 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “circle”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around circle (IPA /ˈsɜɹkəl/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,565 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "círculo".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for circle, with forms such as "ccircle", "cicrle", and "circcle". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "circo", "Cirilo", "círculo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is circle, spelled C-I-R-C-L-E.
Definition
- 1círculo
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccircle
- cicrle
- circcle
- circel
- circlle
- cirlce
- cirrcle
- cricle
- icrcle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of circle - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "circle", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).