geral
/ʒɨ.ˈɾaɫ/
The verdict
“geral” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #321. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #321
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - comum, genérico
Corpus desk
Index PT-geral · geral · Portuguese
geral · rank #321 · 7 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #321
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH sob
Nearest frequency peer: sob (-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 “geral”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- logo
logo
99,683 corpus weight
- mal
mal
99,682 corpus weight
- sob
sob
99,681 corpus weight
- geral
geral
99,680 corpus weight
- lhe
lhe
99,679 corpus weight
- vários
vários
99,676 corpus weight
What this shows “geral” 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 | geral |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ʒɨ.ˈɾaɫ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #321 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “geral”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around geral (IPA /ʒɨ.ˈɾaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #321 among 521 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for geral, with forms such as "egral", "gearl", and "gerall". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "grau", "girl", "gira", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is geral, spelled G-E-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1comum, genérico
- 2não específico
- 3amplo, universal
- 4principal
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egral
- gearl
- gerall
- gerla
- gerral
- ggeral
- greal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of geral - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "geral", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).