hamster
/ˈam.stɛɾ/
The verdict
“hamster” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #24,673. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,673
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ver hámster, hâmster
Corpus desk
Index PT-hamster · hamster · Portuguese
hamster · rank #24,673 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,673
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH hangar
Nearest frequency peer: hangar (+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 “hamster”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- guest
guest
75,333 corpus weight
- hamster
hamster
75,328 corpus weight
- hangar
hangar
75,327 corpus weight
- Hindi
Hindi
75,324 corpus weight
- humanismo
humanismo
75,323 corpus weight
- imundo
imundo
75,320 corpus weight
What this shows “hamster” 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 | hamster |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈam.stɛɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #24,673 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “hamster”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around hamster (IPA /ˈam.stɛɾ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,673 among 409 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ver hámster, hâmster".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for hamster, with forms such as "ahmster", "hammster", and "hamsetr". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "haste", "Hammer", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is hamster, spelled H-A-M-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1ver hámster, hâmster
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahmster
- hammster
- hamsetr
- hamsster
- hamsterr
- hamstre
- hamstter
- hamtser
- hasmter
- hhamster
- hmaster
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hamster - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "hamster"?
What does "hamster" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "hamster"?
How do you pronounce "hamster"?
What language does "hamster" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hamster", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).