English

//ˈɪŋ.glɪʃ// adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,890

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

English is anPortugueseadj. It means: inglês Pronounced /ˈɪŋ.glɪʃ/. It ranks #8,890 in Portuguese word frequency.

Key facts for English
PropertyValue
HeadwordEnglish
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ˈɪŋ.glɪʃ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,890
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of English in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for English is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɪŋ.glɪʃ/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,890 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for English, with forms such as "egnlish", "engglish", and "engilsh". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is English, spelled E-N-G-L-I-S-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    inglês
  2. 2
    inglês
  3. 3
    inglês, relativo ao antigo sistema de medida usado nos Estados Unidos entre os anos de 1866 e 1959 e no Reino Unido entre 1856 e 1963

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egnlish,engglish,engilsh,englihs,englishh,englissh,engllish,englsih,enlgish,ennglish,neglish

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for English

Misspelling Variants of "English"

egnlish7engglish8engilsh7englihs7englishh8englissh8engllish8englsih7
Misspelling Variants of "English"

Frequency rank: #8,890 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "English"?
"English" is spelled E-N-G-L-I-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɪŋ.glɪʃ/.
What does "English" mean?
As an adj, "English" means: inglês
What are common misspellings of "English"?
Common misspellings include "egnlish", "engglish", "engilsh", "englihs", "englishh". The correct spelling is "English".
How do you pronounce "English"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "English" is /ˈɪŋ.glɪʃ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "English" come from?
"English" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter E in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.