futebol
/fu.tɨ.ˈbɔɫ/
The verdict
“futebol” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #443. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #443
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,704
- “F” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - esporte cujas partidas são disputadas por duas equipes de onze jogadores, em que é proibido (exceto aos goleiros, quando dentro da sua área) o uso dos braços e mãos, e cujo objetivo é fazer entrar ...
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 | futebol |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fu.tɨ.ˈbɔɫ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #443 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “futebol” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around futebol (IPA /fu.tɨ.ˈbɔɫ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #443 among 1,704 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for futebol, with forms such as "ffutebol", "ftuebol", and "fuetbol". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "fútbol", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 futebol, spelled F-U-T-E-B-O-L.
Definition
- 1esporte cujas partidas são disputadas por duas equipes de onze jogadores, em que é proibido (exceto aos goleiros, quando dentro da sua área) o uso dos braços e mãos, e cujo objetivo é fazer entrar uma bola no gol do adversário
- 2estilo e técnica de jogar futebol¹
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffutebol
- ftuebol
- fuetbol
- futbeol
- futebbol
- futeblo
- futeboll
- futeobl
- futtebol
- uftebol
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of futebol - 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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Using “futebol”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-U-T-E-B-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /fu.tɨ.ˈbɔɫ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fútbol” - see the side-by-side comparison. futebol vs fútbol
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.