eram
/ˈɛ.ɾã/
The verdict
“eram” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #425. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #425
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ser
Corpus desk
Index PT-eram · eram · Portuguese
eram · rank #425 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #425
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH demais
Nearest frequency peer: demais (-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 “eram”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- rua
rua
99,581 corpus weight
- Base
Base
99,579 corpus weight
- demais
demais
99,577 corpus weight
- eram
eram
99,576 corpus weight
- manhã
manhã
99,573 corpus weight
- pensar
pensar
99,570 corpus weight
What this shows “eram” 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 | eram |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈɛ.ɾã/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #425 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “eram”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around eram (IPA /ˈɛ.ɾã/), averb. Corpus frequency is #425 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ser".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for eram, with forms such as "earm", "eramm", and "erma". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Eva", "ETA", "erro", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is eram, spelled E-R-A-M.
Definition
- 1terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ser
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- earm
- eramm
- erma
- erram
- ream
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of eram - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).