fosses
/ˈfo.sis/
The verdict
“fosses” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #29,740. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,740
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - segunda pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo do verbo ser
Corpus desk
Index PT-fosses · fosses · Portuguese
fosses · rank #29,740 · 6 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,740
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH galeão
Nearest frequency peer: galeão (+6 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 “fosses”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- exorcista
exorcista
70,271 corpus weight
- extraordina…
extraordinariamente
70,269 corpus weight
- fosses
fosses
70,261 corpus weight
- galeão
galeão
70,255 corpus weight
- generosamen…
generosamente
70,253 corpus weight
- glossário
glossário
70,247 corpus weight
What this shows “fosses” 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 | fosses |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈfo.sis/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #29,740 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “fosses”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around fosses (IPA /ˈfo.sis/), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,740 among 853 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for fosses, with forms such as "ffosses", "fosess", and "fossess". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "foste", "fosso", "fóssil", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 fosses, spelled F-O-S-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1segunda pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo do verbo ser
- 2segunda pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo do verbo ir
- 3segunda pessoa do singular do presente do subjuntivo do verbo fossar
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffosses
- fosess
- fossess
- fossse
- fsoses
- ofsses
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fosses - 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
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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 (6 here; floor ≥5).