free

adj

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The verdict

“free” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,331. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,331
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ver gratuito, de graça

Corpus desk

Index PT-free · free · Portuguese

free · rank #3,331 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,331
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH forem

Nearest frequency peer: forem (-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 “free”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “free” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

free vs fry
50% similar
free vs frio
50% similar
free vs frei
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for free
PropertyValue
Headwordfree
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,331
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “free”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.freecai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “forem” (#3,330), “funcionamento” (#3,332), “gama” (#3,333). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “free” fica em #3,331. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around free, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,331 among 853 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ver gratuito, de graça".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for free, with forms such as "fere", "ffree", and "fre". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fry", "frio", "frei", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is free, spelled F-R-E-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    ver gratuito, de graça

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how free appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O WABA é free, mas acho que o Super WABA não.
  2. Sabemos que é free, mas não precisam abusar. São só 10 usuários de cada vez.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fere
  • ffree
  • fre
  • frree
  • rfee

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of free - 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.

fere2ffree1fre1frree1rfee2
Edit distance from "free"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "free"?
"free" is spelled F-R-E-E.
What does "free" mean?
As an adjective, "free" means: ver gratuito, de graça
What words are commonly confused with "free"?
"free" is commonly confused with "fry", "frio", "frei". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "free" come from?
"free" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "free", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gama#3,333maia#3,341open#3,348bala#3,374

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

cadê5 variantselite5 variantsHugo5 variantslição5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list