fortune
/ˈfɔːtʃuːn/
The verdict
“fortune” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #33,851. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,851
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sorte; destino (geralmente favorável)
Corpus desk
Index PT-fortune · fortune · Portuguese
fortune · rank #33,851 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,851
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH fotossíntese
Nearest frequency peer: fotossíntese (+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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “fortune”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- fortune
fortune
66,150 corpus weight
- fotossíntese
fotossíntese
66,149 corpus weight
- fármaco
fármaco
66,142 corpus weight
- ganga
ganga
66,139 corpus weight
- garça
garça
66,136 corpus weight
- gramatical
gramatical
66,130 corpus weight
What this shows “fortune” 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 | fortune |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɔːtʃuːn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #33,851 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “fortune”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around fortune (IPA /ˈfɔːtʃuːn/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,851 among 853 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for fortune, with forms such as "ffortune", "forrtune", and "fortnue". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "forte", "fortuna", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is fortune, spelled F-O-R-T-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1sorte; destino (geralmente favorável)
- 2riqueza; fortuna
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fortune appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She read my fortune.
Fortune favors the brave.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffortune
- forrtune
- fortnue
- forttune
- fortuen
- fortunne
- forutne
- fotrune
- frotune
- ofrtune
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fortune - 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
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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).