errar
/i.ˈRaɾ/
The verdict
“errar” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,525. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,525
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cometer erro em
Corpus desk
Index PT-errar · errar · Portuguese
errar · rank #10,525 · 5 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,525
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH equação
Nearest frequency peer: equação (-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 “errar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- egípcia
egípcia
89,483 corpus weight
- Enrique
Enrique
89,478 corpus weight
- equação
equação
89,477 corpus weight
- errar
errar
89,476 corpus weight
- estímulo
estímulo
89,473 corpus weight
- experiente
experiente
89,469 corpus weight
What this shows “errar” 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 | errar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /i.ˈRaɾ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #10,525 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “errar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around errar (IPA /i.ˈRaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,525 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for errar, with forms such as "erar", "erarr", and "errarr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "erro", "erva", "erre", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is errar, spelled E-R-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1cometer erro em
- 2equivocar-se
- 3enganar-se
- 4cometer erro
- 5andar de um lado para o outro sem destino
- 6vaguear
- 7deixar de ter em atenção e/ou de importunar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how errar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Haroldo Lima voltou a errar quando alegou haver mencionado informações já divulgadas pelo jornal americano World Oil, de Houston, e pelo Estado.
Ela me disse, vê se me erra!
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erar
- erarr
- errarr
- errra
- rerar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of errar - 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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).