familiar

/fɐ.mi.ˈljaɾ/

//fɐ.mi.ˈljaɾ// adj

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The verdict

“familiar” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,187. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,187
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que é da família

Corpus desk

Index PT-familiar · familiar · Portuguese

familiar · rank #2,187 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,187
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH ensinar

Nearest frequency peer: ensinar (-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 “familiar”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “familiar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

familiar vs filiar
75% similar
familiar vs família
75% similar
familiar vs facilitar
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for familiar
PropertyValue
Headwordfamiliar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/fɐ.mi.ˈljaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,187
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “familiar”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.familiarcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “ensinar” (#2,186), “horizonte” (#2,189), “democracia” (#2,184). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “familiar” fica em #2,187. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around familiar (IPA /fɐ.mi.ˈljaɾ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,187 among 853 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for familiar, with forms such as "afmiliar", "faimliar", and "famiilar". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "filiar", "família", "facilitar", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is familiar, spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    que é da família
  2. 2
    caseiro
  3. 3
    doméstico
  4. 4
    conhecido
  5. 5
    íntimo

Synonyms

familial

This word in other languages

familiar(English)familiar(Español)familier(Français)familiär(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afmiliar
  • faimliar
  • famiilar
  • familair
  • familiarr
  • familira
  • familliar
  • famliiar
  • fammiliar
  • ffamiliar
  • fmailiar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of familiar - 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.

afmiliar2faimliar2famiilar2familair2familiarr1familira2familliar1famliiar2
Edit distance from "familiar"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "familiar"?
"familiar" is spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /fɐ.mi.ˈljaɾ/.
What does "familiar" mean?
As an adjective, "familiar" means: que é da família
What words are commonly confused with "familiar"?
"familiar" is commonly confused with "filiar", "família", "facilitar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "familiar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "familiar" is /fɐ.mi.ˈljaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "familiar" come from?
"familiar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "familiar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

horrível#2,190imaginar#2,192levantar#2,197alcançar#2,214

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

feminino11 variantsresolução11 variantsbrincar11 variantsaprovação11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list