ermo
/ˈeɾ.mu/
The verdict
“ermo” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #43,878) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #43,878
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que está só ou desacompanhado; solitário
Corpus desk
Index PT-ermo · ermo · Portuguese
ermo · rank #43,878 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,878
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH eunuco
Nearest frequency peer: eunuco (+5 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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “ermo”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- dial
dial
56,143 corpus weight
- dolo
dolo
56,139 corpus weight
- elegia
elegia
56,133 corpus weight
- ermo
ermo
56,123 corpus weight
- eunuco
eunuco
56,118 corpus weight
- falsificar
falsificar
56,108 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “ermo” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | ermo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈeɾ.mu/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #43,878 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “ermo”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ermo is neighbouring look-alikes ("erro", "erva", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced /ˈeɾ.mu/. Frequency #43,878 among 1,279 “E” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for ermo, with forms such as "ermmo", "erom", and "errmo". 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, "erro", "erva", "esto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is ermo, spelled E-R-M-O.
Definition
- 1que está só ou desacompanhado; solitário
- 2diz-se de local inabitado
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ermmo
- erom
- errmo
- remo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ermo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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).