formidável
/fuɾ.mi.ˈda.vɛɫ/
The verdict
“formidável” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #20,610. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,610
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que causa espanto ou admiração por seu tamanho, beleza, poder, etc
Corpus desk
Index PT-formidavel · formidável · Portuguese
formidável · rank #20,610 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,610
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH fuso
Nearest frequency peer: fuso (+4 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 “formidável”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- feixe
feixe
79,397 corpus weight
- fetal
fetal
79,396 corpus weight
- formidável
formidável
79,391 corpus weight
- fuso
fuso
79,387 corpus weight
- fúnebre
fúnebre
79,386 corpus weight
- gritaria
gritaria
79,382 corpus weight
What this shows “formidável” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | formidável |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /fuɾ.mi.ˈda.vɛɫ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #20,610 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “formidável”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around formidável (IPA /fuɾ.mi.ˈda.vɛɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,610 among 853 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "que causa espanto ou admiração por seu tamanho, beleza, poder, etc".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for formidável, with forms such as "fformidável", "fomridável", and "forimdável". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is formidável, spelled F-O-R-M-I-D-Á-V-E-L.
Definition
- 1que causa espanto ou admiração por seu tamanho, beleza, poder, etc
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how formidável appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O esporte de Tiger Woods, nascido em St. Andrews, tem a formidável vantagem de permitir que as pessoas pratiquem-no ao longo de toda a sua existência.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fformidável
- fomridável
- forimdável
- formdiável
- formiddável
- formidváel
- formidáevl
- formidávell
- formidávle
- formidávvel
- formiádvel
- formmidável
- forrmidável
- fromidável
- ofrmidável
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of formidável - 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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