gene
/ˈʒɛ.nɨ/
The verdict
“gene” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,160. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,160
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sequência de nucleotídeos do DNA que pode ser transcrita em uma versão de RNA
Corpus desk
Index PT-gene · gene · Portuguese
gene · rank #7,160 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,160
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH gold
Nearest frequency peer: gold (+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 “gene”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- family
family
92,845 corpus weight
- formalmente
formalmente
92,844 corpus weight
- frágil
frágil
92,843 corpus weight
- gene
gene
92,841 corpus weight
- gold
gold
92,840 corpus weight
- gota
gota
92,839 corpus weight
What this shows “gene” 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 | gene |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʒɛ.nɨ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #7,160 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “gene”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around gene (IPA /ˈʒɛ.nɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,160 among 521 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for gene, with forms such as "egne", "geen", and "genne". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "get", "gin", "gun", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 gene, spelled G-E-N-E.
Definition
- 1sequência de nucleotídeos do DNA que pode ser transcrita em uma versão de RNA
- 2segmento de um cromossomo a que corresponde um código distinto, uma informação para produzir uma determinada proteína ou controlar uma característica, por exemplo, a cor dos olhos
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gene appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De acordo com os autores do trabalho, esta é a primeira vez que um gene de um animal extinto volta a funcionar em um organismo vivo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egne
- geen
- genne
- ggene
- gnee
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gene - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).