cri
/ˈkɾi/
The verdict
“cri” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #28,523) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #28,523
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - povo indígena da América do Norte, que habitava desde as montanhas Rochosas até o oceano Atlântico, tanto nos Estados Unidos da América quanto no Canadá
Corpus desk
Index PT-cri · cri · Portuguese
cri · rank #28,523 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,523
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH crachá
Nearest frequency peer: crachá (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “cri”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- claridade
claridade
71,500 corpus weight
- crachá
crachá
71,480 corpus weight
- cri
cri
71,478 corpus weight
- curricular
curricular
71,473 corpus weight
- dezassete
dezassete
71,458 corpus weight
- dicotomia
dicotomia
71,457 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “cri” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | cri |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɾi/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #28,523 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “cri”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for cri is neighbouring look-alikes ("cu", "cut", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈkɾi/. Frequency #28,523 among 2,140 “C” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
cri doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cu", "cut", "cry", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is cri, spelled C-R-I.
Definition
- 1povo indígena da América do Norte, que habitava desde as montanhas Rochosas até o oceano Atlântico, tanto nos Estados Unidos da América quanto no Canadá
- 2língua falada pelo povo cri
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).