fairy
/ˈfɛəɹɪ/
The verdict
“fairy” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #26,385. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,385
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - de fadas, feérico
Corpus desk
Index PT-fairy · fairy · Portuguese
fairy · rank #26,385 · 7 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,385
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH fechadura
Nearest frequency peer: fechadura (+2 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 “fairy”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- espantoso
espantoso
73,628 corpus weight
- fairy
fairy
73,616 corpus weight
- fechadura
fechadura
73,614 corpus weight
- feet
feet
73,613 corpus weight
- flutuar
flutuar
73,607 corpus weight
- fronte
fronte
73,604 corpus weight
What this shows “fairy” 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 | fairy |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfɛəɹɪ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #26,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “fairy”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around fairy (IPA /ˈfɛəɹɪ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,385 among 853 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "de fadas, feérico".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for fairy, with forms such as "afiry", "fairry", and "fairyy". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "fry", "faro", "faixa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is fairy, spelled F-A-I-R-Y.
Definition
- 1de fadas, feérico
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afiry
- fairry
- fairyy
- faiyr
- fariy
- ffairy
- fiary
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fairy - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "fairy", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (7 here; floor ≥5).