for
/ˈfoɾ/
The verdict
“for” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #220) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #220
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do subjuntivo do verbo ser
Corpus desk
Index PT-for · for · Portuguese
for · rank #220 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #220
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH volta
Nearest frequency peer: volta (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “for”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- saber
saber
99,784 corpus weight
- sido
sido
99,783 corpus weight
- volta
volta
99,782 corpus weight
- for
for
99,781 corpus weight
- algo
algo
99,779 corpus weight
- conta
conta
99,778 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “for” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | for |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈfoɾ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #220 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “for”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for for is neighbouring look-alikes ("fui", "foz", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced /ˈfoɾ/. Frequency #220 among 853 “F” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Zero misspellings are on record for for in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fui", "foz", "fun", and more, 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 for, spelled F-O-R.
Definition
- 1primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do subjuntivo do verbo ser
- 2terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do subjuntivo do verbo ser
- 3primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do subjuntivo do verbo ir
- 4terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do subjuntivo do verbo ir
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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