febril
/fɨ.ˈbɾiɫ/
The verdict
“febril” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #42,007. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,007
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que tem febre
Corpus desk
Index PT-febril · febril · Portuguese
febril · rank #42,007 · 9 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,007
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH favorecimento
Nearest frequency peer: favorecimento (-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 “febril”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- expensas
expensas
58,003 corpus weight
- extrapolar
extrapolar
57,999 corpus weight
- favorecimen…
favorecimento
57,995 corpus weight
- febril
febril
57,994 corpus weight
- further
further
57,982 corpus weight
- futilidade
futilidade
57,981 corpus weight
What this shows “febril” 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 | febril |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /fɨ.ˈbɾiɫ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #42,007 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “febril”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around febril (IPA /fɨ.ˈbɾiɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #42,007 among 853 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for febril, with forms such as "efbril", "fberil", and "febbril". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ferir", "fértil", "febre", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is febril, spelled F-E-B-R-I-L.
Definition
- 1que tem febre
- 2muito ativo
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efbril
- fberil
- febbril
- febirl
- febrill
- febrli
- febrril
- ferbil
- ffebril
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of febril - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).