duke
/djuːk/; /dʒuːk/
The verdict
“duke” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,667. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,667
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - duque
Corpus desk
Index PT-duke · duke · Portuguese
duke · rank #9,667 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,667
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH eclipse
Nearest frequency peer: eclipse (+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 “duke”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- core
core
90,352 corpus weight
- couto
couto
90,351 corpus weight
- duke
duke
90,334 corpus weight
- eclipse
eclipse
90,332 corpus weight
- egípcio
egípcio
90,330 corpus weight
- fiança
fiança
90,320 corpus weight
What this shows “duke” 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 | duke |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /djuːk/; /dʒuːk/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,667 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “duke”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around duke (IPA /djuːk/; /dʒuːk/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,667 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for duke, with forms such as "dduke", "dkue", and "duek". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "duo", "dun", "dura", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 duke, spelled D-U-K-E.
Definition
- 1duque
- 2punho
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how duke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Put up your dukes!
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dduke
- dkue
- duek
- dukke
- udke
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of duke - 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 "duke", 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 (5 here; floor ≥5).