firmeza
/fiɾ.ˈme.zɐ/
The verdict
“firmeza” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,594. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,594
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expressa cumprimento
Corpus desk
Index PT-firmeza · firmeza · Portuguese
firmeza · rank #14,594 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #14,594
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH feroz
Nearest frequency peer: feroz (-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 “firmeza”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- esquisito
esquisito
85,418 corpus weight
- feroz
feroz
85,410 corpus weight
- firmeza
firmeza
85,407 corpus weight
- frustrado
frustrado
85,404 corpus weight
- gentilmente
gentilmente
85,401 corpus weight
- grandioso
grandioso
85,398 corpus weight
What this shows “firmeza” 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 | firmeza |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /fiɾ.ˈme.zɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,594 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “firmeza”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around firmeza (IPA /fiɾ.ˈme.zɐ/), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #14,594 among 853 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "expressa cumprimento".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for firmeza, with forms such as "ffirmeza", "fimreza", and "firemza". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Firma", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is firmeza, spelled F-I-R-M-E-Z-A.
Definition
- 1expressa cumprimento
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how firmeza appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A: E aí, firmeza? B: Firmeza.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffirmeza
- fimreza
- firemza
- firmeaz
- firmezza
- firmmeza
- firmzea
- firrmeza
- frimeza
- ifrmeza
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of firmeza - 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 "firmeza", 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).