drop
The verdict
“drop” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,264. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,264
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - descartar
Corpus desk
Index PT-drop · drop · Portuguese
drop · rank #17,264 · 6 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,264
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH donas
Nearest frequency peer: donas (-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 “drop”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- depositar
depositar
82,745 corpus weight
- disfarce
disfarce
82,742 corpus weight
- donas
donas
82,738 corpus weight
- drop
drop
82,737 corpus weight
- empregar
empregar
82,733 corpus weight
- escocês
escocês
82,727 corpus weight
What this shows “drop” 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 | drop |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #17,264 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “drop”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around drop, averb. Corpus frequency is #17,264 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for drop, with forms such as "ddrop", "dorp", and "dropp". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "duo", "duro", "do", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 drop, spelled D-R-O-P.
Definition
- 1descartar
- 2largar
- 3soltar
- 4remover
- 5abandonar
- 6soltar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how drop appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For the first few months, I enjoyed the positive atmosphere until one day when someone dropped a comment about what they would do if they got a child out of wedlock. I knew it was directed at me but I said nothing (Pelos primeiros poucos meses, eu apreciei a atmosfera positiva até um dia quando alguém soltou um comentário sobre o quê eles fariam se eles t…
LZW compression support was dropped in TIFF version 6.0; because the compression algorithm is patented by Unysis Corporation (suporte a compressão LZW foi removido na versão 6.0 do TIFF; porquê o algoritmo de compressão é patenteado pela Unisys Corporation)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddrop
- dorp
- dropp
- drpo
- drrop
- rdop
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drop - 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 "drop", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (6 here; floor ≥5).