green

//grɪ:n// adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,400

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

green is anPortugueseadj. It means: verde Pronounced /grɪ:n/. It ranks #4,400 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with grey and greve.

Key facts for green
PropertyValue
Headwordgreen
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/grɪ:n/
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,400
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of green in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for green is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /grɪ:n/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,400 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for green, with forms such as "geren", "ggreen", and "greenn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "grey", "greve", "grego", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is green, spelled G-R-E-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    verde
  2. 2
    doente
  3. 3
    imaturo, júnior
  4. 4
    (vinho) com alta concentração de acidez

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: geren,ggreen,greenn,gren,grene,grreen,rgeen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for green

Misspelling Variants of "green"

geren5ggreen6greenn6gren4grene5grreen6rgeen5
Misspelling Variants of "green"

Frequency rank: #4,400 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "green"?
"green" is spelled G-R-E-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is /grɪ:n/.
What does "green" mean?
As an adj, "green" means: verde
What words are commonly confused with "green"?
"green" is commonly confused with "grey", "greve", "grego". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "green"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "green" is /grɪ:n/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "green" come from?
"green" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter G in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.