enfoque

noun

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The verdict

“enfoque” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,724. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,724
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - maneira como algo é visto

Corpus desk

Index PT-enfoque · enfoque · Portuguese

enfoque · rank #13,724 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,724
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH emocionado

Nearest frequency peer: emocionado (-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 “enfoque”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “enfoque” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

enfoque vs époque
57% similar
enfoque vs estoque
71% similar
enfoque vs Enrique
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for enfoque
PropertyValue
Headwordenfoque
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,724
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “enfoque”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).enfoquecai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “emocionado” (#13,723), “enterrar” (#13,725), “easy” (#13,720). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “enfoque” fica em #13,724. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around enfoque, anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,724 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "maneira como algo é visto".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for enfoque, with forms such as "efnoque", "enffoque", and "enfoqeu". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "époque", "estoque", "Enrique", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is enfoque, spelled E-N-F-O-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    maneira como algo é visto

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how enfoque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O ministro das Relações Exteriores, Celso Amorim, voltou a questionar nesta noite o enfoque dado pela imprensa brasileira à decisão adotada ontem pela Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC) em relação à importação de pneus usados europeus pelo Brasil.

This word in other languages

focus(English)enfoque(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efnoque
  • enffoque
  • enfoqeu
  • enfoqque
  • enfouqe
  • enfqoue
  • ennfoque
  • enofque
  • nefoque

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enfoque - 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.

efnoque2enffoque1enfoqeu2enfoqque1enfouqe2enfqoue2ennfoque1enofque2
Edit distance from "enfoque"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enfoque"?
"enfoque" is spelled E-N-F-O-Q-U-E.
What does "enfoque" mean?
As a noun, "enfoque" means: maneira como algo é visto
What words are commonly confused with "enfoque"?
"enfoque" is commonly confused with "époque", "estoque", "Enrique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "enfoque" come from?
"enfoque" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "enfoque", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

ferrovia9 variantsDarwin9 variantsformos9 variantsmalária9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list