earl
/ɝl/
The verdict
“earl” sits in 14 confusable pairs (corpus #15,095) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #15,095
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - conde
Corpus desk
Index PT-earl · earl · Portuguese
earl · rank #15,095 · 4 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,095
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH efetuar
Nearest frequency peer: efetuar (+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 “earl”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- divindade
divindade
84,911 corpus weight
- earl
earl
84,906 corpus weight
- efetuar
efetuar
84,904 corpus weight
- ein
ein
84,903 corpus weight
- elogiar
elogiar
84,900 corpus weight
- enriquecime…
enriquecimento
84,899 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “earl” 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 | earl |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɝl/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #15,095 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “earl”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for earl is neighbouring look-alikes ("el", "er", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ɝl/. Frequency #15,095 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Gloss: "conde".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for earl, with forms such as "aerl", "ealr", and "earll". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "el", "er", "era", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 earl, spelled E-A-R-L.
Definition
- 1conde
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aerl
- ealr
- earll
- earrl
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of earl - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "earl", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).