forest
The verdict
“forest” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,517. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,517
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - floresta
Corpus desk
Index PT-forest · forest · Portuguese
forest · rank #13,517 · 9 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,517
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH fração
Nearest frequency peer: fração (+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 “forest”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- espírita
espírita
86,497 corpus weight
- forest
forest
86,484 corpus weight
- fração
fração
86,481 corpus weight
- geometria
geometria
86,476 corpus weight
- guiar
guiar
86,472 corpus weight
- hair
hair
86,471 corpus weight
What this shows “forest” 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 | forest |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,517 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “forest”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around forest, anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,517 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 forest, with forms such as "fforest", "foerst", and "foresst". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "fort", "fresh", "forget", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is forest, spelled F-O-R-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1floresta
- 2a cor floresta verde
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fforest
- foerst
- foresst
- forestt
- forets
- forrest
- forset
- froest
- ofrest
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of forest - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "forest", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).