erro
/ˈer.roː/, /ˈɛr.roː/.
The verdict
“erro” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,209) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #1,209
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - afastar-se do caminho, errar
Corpus desk
Index PT-erro · erro · Portuguese
erro · rank #1,209 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,209
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH caixa
Nearest frequency peer: caixa (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “erro”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- triste
triste
98,798 corpus weight
- acreditar
acreditar
98,797 corpus weight
- alma
alma
98,796 corpus weight
- caixa
caixa
98,793 corpus weight
- erro
erro
98,792 corpus weight
- esperança
esperança
98,791 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “erro” 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 | erro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈer.roː/, /ˈɛr.roː/. |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,209 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “erro”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for erro is neighbouring look-alikes ("erva", "esto", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced /ˈer.roː/, /ˈɛr.roː/.. Frequency #1,209 among 1,279 “E” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for erro, with forms such as "ero", "eror", and "rero". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "erva", "esto", "être", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is erro, spelled E-R-R-O.
Definition
- 1afastar-se do caminho, errar
- 2falhar (um objetivo)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ero
- eror
- rero
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erro - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "erro", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).