confundir
/kõ.fũ.ˈdiɾ/
The verdict
“confundir” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,740. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,740
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tomar uma coisa por outra
Corpus desk
Index PT-confundir · confundir · Portuguese
confundir · rank #8,740 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,740
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH comité
Nearest frequency peer: comité (-2 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 “confundir”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- cobrança
cobrança
91,266 corpus weight
- comité
comité
91,263 corpus weight
- confundir
confundir
91,261 corpus weight
- conveniente
conveniente
91,257 corpus weight
- deitado
deitado
91,255 corpus weight
- demos
demos
91,252 corpus weight
What this shows “confundir” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | confundir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kõ.fũ.ˈdiɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,740 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “confundir”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around confundir (IPA /kõ.fũ.ˈdiɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,740 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for confundir, with forms such as "cconfundir", "cnofundir", and "cofnundir". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is confundir, spelled C-O-N-F-U-N-D-I-R.
Definition
- 1tomar uma coisa por outra
- 2misturar coisas diversas
- 3embaraçar
- 4enlear
- 5envergonhar
- 6humilhar
- 7vexar
- 8prejudicar, causar dano
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cconfundir
- cnofundir
- cofnundir
- conffundir
- confnudir
- confudnir
- confunddir
- confundirr
- confundri
- confunidr
- confunndir
- connfundir
- conufndir
- ocnfundir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of confundir - 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 "confundir", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).