ger
/ˈgeːr/
The verdict
“ger” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #40,592) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #40,592
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - palavra
Corpus desk
Index PT-ger · ger · Portuguese
ger · rank #40,592 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,592
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH forçosamente
Nearest frequency peer: forçosamente (-7 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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “ger”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- fingimento
fingimento
59,423 corpus weight
- fluência
fluência
59,419 corpus weight
- forçosamente
forçosamente
59,416 corpus weight
- ger
ger
59,409 corpus weight
- grudar
grudar
59,401 corpus weight
- hanseníase
hanseníase
59,398 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “ger” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | ger |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈgeːr/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #40,592 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “ger”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ger is neighbouring look-alikes ("go", "GG", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈgeːr/. Frequency #40,592 among 521 “G” headwords. Gloss: "palavra".
ger has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "go", "GG", "GQ", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is ger, spelled G-E-R.
Definition
- 1palavra
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).