frei

noun

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The verdict

“frei” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,500. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,500
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - variante ortográfica de freire

Corpus desk

Index PT-frei · frei · Portuguese

frei · rank #9,500 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,500
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH fortalecimento

Nearest frequency peer: fortalecimento (-2 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 “frei”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “frei” 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).

frei vs fui
50% similar
frei vs fry
50% similar
frei vs frio
50% similar

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

Key facts for frei
PropertyValue
Headwordfrei
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#9,500
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “frei”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).freicai 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 “fortalecimento” (#9,498), “fôlego” (#9,502), “foro” (#9,497). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “frei” fica em #9,500. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around frei, anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,500 among 853 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "variante ortográfica de freire".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for frei, with forms such as "feri", "ffrei", and "frie". 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, "fui", "fry", "frio", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 frei, spelled F-R-E-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    variante ortográfica de freire

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Queremos a revitalização e não a transposição, que não interessa aos pobres, e estamos dispostos a apoiar nosso irmão”, disse o frei carmelita Marcos Melo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • feri
  • ffrei
  • frie
  • frrei
  • rfei

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

feri2ffrei1frie2frrei1rfei2
Edit distance from "frei"

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 "frei"?
"frei" is spelled F-R-E-I.
What does "frei" mean?
As a noun, "frei" means: variante ortográfica de freire
What words are commonly confused with "frei"?
"frei" is commonly confused with "fui", "fry", "frio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "frei" come from?
"frei" 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 "frei", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

foro#9,497kurt#9,516lane#9,517laço#9,518

Similar misspelling depth

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

lola5 variantstrue5 variantssapo5 variantscore5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list