grife

noun

The verdict

“grife” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #27,117. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,117
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - marca que leva o nome do criador dos produtos ou de pessoa famosa

Corpus desk

Index PT-grife · grife · Portuguese

grife · rank #27,117 · 7 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,117
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH gibi

Nearest frequency peer: gibi (-3 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 “grife”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “grife” 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).

grife vs gris
60% similar
grife vs grip
60% similar
grife vs Guiné
20% similar

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

Key facts for grife
PropertyValue
Headwordgrife
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#27,117
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “grife”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).grifecai 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 “gibi” (#27,114), “GG” (#27,113), “hem” (#27,124). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “grife” fica em #27,117. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around grife, anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,117 among 521 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for grife, with forms such as "ggrife", "girfe", and "grfie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "gris", "grip", "Guiné", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is grife, spelled G-R-I-F-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    marca que leva o nome do criador dos produtos ou de pessoa famosa
  2. 2
    produto de luxo que traz a assinatura de um costureiro, alfaiate, obreiro ou fabricante famoso
  3. 3
    empresa que cria, produz e/ou distribui produtos de luxo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Roupa de grife.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggrife
  • girfe
  • grfie
  • grief
  • griffe
  • grrife
  • rgife

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grife - 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.

ggrife1girfe2grfie2grief2griffe1grrife1rgife2
Edit distance from "grife"

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 "grife"?
"grife" is spelled G-R-I-F-E.
What does "grife" mean?
As a noun, "grife" means: marca que leva o nome do criador dos produtos ou de pessoa famosa
What words are commonly confused with "grife"?
"grife" is commonly confused with "gris", "grip", "Guiné". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "grife" come from?
"grife" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grife", 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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list