folclore
/fɔɫ.ˈklɔ.ɾɨ/
The verdict
“folclore” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,723. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,723
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,704
- “F” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ciência das tradições, dos costumes e das artes populares
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | folclore |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fɔɫ.ˈklɔ.ɾɨ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,723 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “folclore” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around folclore (IPA /fɔɫ.ˈklɔ.ɾɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,723 among 1,704 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for folclore, with forms such as "ffolclore", "floclore", and "focllore". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 folclore, spelled F-O-L-C-L-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1ciência das tradições, dos costumes e das artes populares
- 2conjunto das tradições, das lendas, dos cantos e dos poemas de um país ou duma região
- 3canção popular antiga transmitida oralmente de autor que se desconhece
- 4demopsicologia
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffolclore
- floclore
- focllore
- folcclore
- folcllore
- folcloer
- folclorre
- folclroe
- folcolre
- follclore
- follcore
- oflclore
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of folclore - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “folclore”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-O-L-C-L-O-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /fɔɫ.ˈklɔ.ɾɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.