gibi
/ʒi.'bi/
The verdict
“gibi” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #27,114. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,114
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - designação de cunho racista a meninos negros
Corpus desk
Index PT-gibi · gibi · Portuguese
gibi · rank #27,114 · 5 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,114
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH GG
Nearest frequency peer: GG (-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 “gibi”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- floração
floração
72,897 corpus weight
- Floriano
Floriano
72,896 corpus weight
- GG
GG
72,888 corpus weight
- gibi
gibi
72,887 corpus weight
- grife
grife
72,884 corpus weight
- hem
hem
72,877 corpus weight
What this shows “gibi” 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 | gibi |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʒi.'bi/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #27,114 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “gibi”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around gibi (IPA /ʒi.'bi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,114 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 gibi, with forms such as "gbii", "ggibi", and "gibbi". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "giz", "gin", "gim", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is gibi, spelled G-I-B-I.
Definition
- 1designação de cunho racista a meninos negros
- 2termo genérico para revista com histórias em quadrinhos (revista de banda desenhada)
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gbii
- ggibi
- gibbi
- giib
- igbi
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gibi - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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).