general

adj

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The verdict

“general” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,240. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,240
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - geral

Corpus desk

Index PT-general · general · Portuguese

general · rank #1,240 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,240
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH hotel

Nearest frequency peer: hotel (+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 “general”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “general” 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).

general vs geral
71% similar
general vs genero
71% similar
general vs genital
71% similar

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

Key facts for general
PropertyValue
Headwordgeneral
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,240
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “general”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “hotel” (#1,241), “impossível” (#1,242), “congresso” (#1,237). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “general” fica em #1,240. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around general, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,240 among 521 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    geral
  2. 2
    não específico

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. This affects programs in general.

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.

egneral2geenral2genearl2generall1generla2generral1genneral1genreal2
Edit distance from "general"

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 "general"?
"general" is spelled G-E-N-E-R-A-L.
What does "general" mean?
As an adjective, "general" means: geral
What words are commonly confused with "general"?
"general" is commonly confused with "geral", "genero", "genital". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "general" come from?
"general" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inteiro#1,244matéria#1,248memória#1,249ciência#1,272

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

contudo10 variantsdestino10 variantstiveram10 variantsestrada10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list