general
The verdict
“general” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,240 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #1,240
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - geral
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 | general |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,240 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “general” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for general is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #1,240 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for general, with forms such as "egneral", "geenral", and "genearl". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "geral", "genero", "genital", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 general, spelled G-E-N-E-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1geral
- 2não específico
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egneral,geenral,genearl,generall,generla,generral,genneral,genreal,ggeneral,gneeral
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of general - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “general”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-E-N-E-R-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “geral” - see the side-by-side comparison. general vs geral
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.