heim
/ẽɲ/
The verdict
“heim” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,811. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,811
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expressa incompreensão, não entendimento, simultaneamente comunicando àquele ao qual se dirige, que elucide o sentido, o nexo, que dê clarificação ou que melhor se fale ou expresse o que se acabou ...
Corpus desk
Index PT-heim · heim · Portuguese
heim · rank #17,811 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,811
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH hidrogênio
Nearest frequency peer: hidrogênio (+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 “heim”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- gole
gole
82,195 corpus weight
- heim
heim
82,190 corpus weight
- hidrogênio
hidrogênio
82,189 corpus weight
- imensamente
imensamente
82,186 corpus weight
- imparcial
imparcial
82,185 corpus weight
- incompleto
incompleto
82,181 corpus weight
What this shows “heim” 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 | heim |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ẽɲ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #17,811 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “heim”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around heim (IPA /ẽɲ/), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #17,811 among 409 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "expressa incompreensão, não entendimento, simultaneamente comunicando àquele ao qual se dirige, que elucide o sentido, o nexo, que dê clarificação ou que melhor se fale ou expresse o que se acabou ...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for heim, with forms such as "ehim", "heimm", and "hemi". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hit", "hey", "hum", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is heim, spelled H-E-I-M.
Definition
- 1expressa incompreensão, não entendimento, simultaneamente comunicando àquele ao qual se dirige, que elucide o sentido, o nexo, que dê clarificação ou que melhor se fale ou expresse o que se acabou de comunicar
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how heim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A: Quando eu sai pra fora eu estava na verdade indo pra dentro pelo reverso mas não ao contrário e sem sair do lugar! B: Ah tá, mas, heim
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehim
- heimm
- hemi
- hheim
- hiem
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of heim - 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
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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).