ferir
/fɨ.ˈɾiɾ/
The verdict
“ferir” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,191. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,191
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - causar ferimento a
Corpus desk
Index PT-ferir · ferir · Portuguese
ferir · rank #10,191 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,191
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH fada
Nearest frequency peer: fada (-3 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 “ferir”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- estoque
estoque
89,817 corpus weight
- expulsar
expulsar
89,814 corpus weight
- fada
fada
89,813 corpus weight
- ferir
ferir
89,810 corpus weight
- gerir
gerir
89,806 corpus weight
- ice
ice
89,803 corpus weight
What this shows “ferir” 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 | ferir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /fɨ.ˈɾiɾ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #10,191 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “ferir”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around ferir (IPA /fɨ.ˈɾiɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,191 among 853 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ferir, with forms such as "efrir", "feirr", and "ferirr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "frio", "fern", "ferro", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is ferir, spelled F-E-R-I-R.
Definition
- 1causar ferimento a
- 2golpear
- 3fender
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efrir
- feirr
- ferirr
- ferri
- ferrir
- fferir
- freir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ferir - 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 "ferir", 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).