falecer
The verdict
“falecer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #18,870. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,870
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - morrer
Corpus desk
Index PT-falecer · falecer · Portuguese
falecer · rank #18,870 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,870
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH eólica
Nearest frequency peer: eólica (-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 “falecer”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- esvaziar
esvaziar
81,140 corpus weight
- ETA
ETA
81,139 corpus weight
- eólica
eólica
81,133 corpus weight
- falecer
falecer
81,131 corpus weight
- fish
fish
81,129 corpus weight
- fóssil
fóssil
81,123 corpus weight
What this shows “falecer” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | falecer |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,870 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “falecer”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around falecer, averb. Corpus frequency is #18,870 among 853 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for falecer, with forms such as "aflecer", "faelcer", and "falceer". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is falecer, spelled F-A-L-E-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1morrer
- 2haver falta ou carência, faltar, escassear:
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how falecer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O insigne orador disse ter recebido homenagens para as quais lhe falecem títulos de merecimento.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aflecer
- faelcer
- falceer
- faleccer
- falecerr
- falecre
- faleecr
- fallecer
- ffalecer
- flaecer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of falecer - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "falecer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).