enemy
/ˈɛnəmi/
The verdict
“enemy” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #32,165. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,165
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - inimigo
Corpus desk
Index PT-enemy · enemy · Portuguese
enemy · rank #32,165 · 7 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,165
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH encostado
Nearest frequency peer: encostado (-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 “enemy”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- disparidade
disparidade
67,846 corpus weight
- encostado
encostado
67,837 corpus weight
- enemy
enemy
67,836 corpus weight
- envenenar
envenenar
67,832 corpus weight
- escorrer
escorrer
67,826 corpus weight
- estatueta
estatueta
67,823 corpus weight
What this shows “enemy” 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 | enemy |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɛnəmi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #32,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “enemy”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around enemy (IPA /ˈɛnəmi/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,165 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "inimigo".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for enemy, with forms such as "eenmy", "enemmy", and "enemyy". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "every", "enjoy", "energy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is enemy, spelled E-N-E-M-Y.
Definition
- 1inimigo
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eenmy
- enemmy
- enemyy
- eneym
- enmey
- ennemy
- neemy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enemy - 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 "enemy", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).