frank
/fɹæŋk/, /fɹeɪŋk/
The verdict
“frank” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,015. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,015
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - franco
Corpus desk
Index PT-frank · frank · Portuguese
frank · rank #3,015 · 8 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,015
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH formar
Nearest frequency peer: formar (-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 “frank”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- fluxo
fluxo
96,989 corpus weight
- formado
formado
96,988 corpus weight
- formar
formar
96,987 corpus weight
- frank
frank
96,986 corpus weight
- indivíduo
indivíduo
96,984 corpus weight
- internation…
international
96,983 corpus weight
What this shows “frank” 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 | frank |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /fɹæŋk/, /fɹeɪŋk/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,015 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “frank”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around frank (IPA /fɹæŋk/, /fɹeɪŋk/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,015 among 853 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "franco".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for frank, with forms such as "farnk", "ffrank", and "frakn". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "funk", "Frau", "fan", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is frank, spelled F-R-A-N-K.
Definition
- 1franco
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- farnk
- ffrank
- frakn
- frankk
- frannk
- frnak
- frrank
- rfank
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of frank - 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 "frank", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).