febre

/ˈfɛ.bɾi/

//ˈfɛ.bɾi// noun

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The verdict

“febre” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,152. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,152
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - elevação da temperatura corporal como reação do organismo a uma doença

Corpus desk

Index PT-febre · febre · Portuguese

febre · rank #4,152 · 7 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,152
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH funcionário

Nearest frequency peer: funcionário (+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 “febre”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “febre” 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).

febre vs fera
60% similar
febre vs fern
60% similar
febre vs ferro
60% similar

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

Key facts for febre
PropertyValue
Headwordfebre
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈfɛ.bɾi/
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,152
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “febre”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).febrecai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “funcionário” (#4,154), “escuta” (#4,149), “envolver” (#4,147). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “febre” fica em #4,152. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around febre (IPA /ˈfɛ.bɾi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,152 among 853 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "elevação da temperatura corporal como reação do organismo a uma doença".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for febre, with forms such as "efbre", "fbere", and "febbre". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "fera", "fern", "ferro", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is febre, spelled F-E-B-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    elevação da temperatura corporal como reação do organismo a uma doença

Synonyms

pirexiacrescimentos

This word in other languages

fever(English)fiebre(Español)fièvre(Français)Fieber(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efbre
  • fbere
  • febbre
  • feber
  • febrre
  • ferbe
  • ffebre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

efbre2fbere2febbre1feber2febrre1ferbe2ffebre1
Edit distance from "febre"

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 "febre"?
"febre" is spelled F-E-B-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfɛ.bɾi/.
What does "febre" mean?
As a noun, "febre" means: elevação da temperatura corporal como reação do organismo a uma doença
What words are commonly confused with "febre"?
"febre" is commonly confused with "fera", "fern", "ferro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "febre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "febre" is /ˈfɛ.bɾi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "febre" come from?
"febre" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

largo#4,157salva#4,180Simon#4,182suave#4,184

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

tento7 variantsporte7 variantsbraga7 variantsCésar7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list