fostes
/ˈfos.ʧis/
The verdict
“fostes” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #42,935. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,935
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - segunda pessoa do plural do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo ser
Corpus desk
Index PT-fostes · fostes · Portuguese
fostes · rank #42,935 · 9 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,935
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH fotojornalismo
Nearest frequency peer: fotojornalismo (+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 “fostes”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- exímio
exímio
57,072 corpus weight
- fel
fel
57,070 corpus weight
- fender
fender
57,069 corpus weight
- fostes
fostes
57,066 corpus weight
- fotojornali…
fotojornalismo
57,065 corpus weight
- galope
galope
57,061 corpus weight
What this shows “fostes” 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 | fostes |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈfos.ʧis/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #42,935 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “fostes”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around fostes (IPA /ˈfos.ʧis/), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,935 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 fostes, with forms such as "ffostes", "fosets", and "fosstes". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "fosse", "forte", "fonte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is fostes, spelled F-O-S-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1segunda pessoa do plural do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo ser
- 2segunda pessoa do plural do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo ir
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffostes
- fosets
- fosstes
- fostess
- fostse
- fosttes
- fotses
- fsotes
- ofstes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fostes - 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).