Edward
/ˈedwəd/.
The verdict
“Edward” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,467. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,467
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eduardo.
Corpus desk
Index PT-edward · Edward · Portuguese
Edward · rank #4,467 · 9 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #4,467
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH eliminação
Nearest frequency peer: eliminação (+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 “Edward”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- definir
definir
95,539 corpus weight
- descansar
descansar
95,537 corpus weight
- descoberto
descoberto
95,536 corpus weight
- Edward
Edward
95,534 corpus weight
- eliminação
eliminação
95,533 corpus weight
- equador
equador
95,530 corpus weight
What this shows “Edward” 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 | Edward |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈedwəd/. |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,467 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “Edward”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Edward (IPA /ˈedwəd/.), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,467 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Eduardo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Edward, with forms such as "deward", "edawrd", and "eddward". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Eduardo", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is Edward, spelled E-D-W-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Eduardo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- deward
- edawrd
- eddward
- edwadr
- edwardd
- edwarrd
- edwrad
- edwward
- ewdard
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Edward - 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 "Edward", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).