Henry
/ˈhɛn.ri/.
The verdict
“Henry” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #2,682 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,682
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Henrique, Henrico
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 | Henry |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɛn.ri/. |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,682 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Henry” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Henry is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈhɛn.ri/.. Corpus data places it at rank #2,682 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Henrique, Henrico".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Henry, with forms such as "ehnry", "hennry", and "henrry". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "hey", "her", "here", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is Henry, spelled H-E-N-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Henrique, Henrico
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ehnry,hennry,henrry,henryy,henyr,herny,hhenry,hnery
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Henry - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Henry”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-E-N-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈhɛn.ri/. (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “hey” - see the side-by-side comparison. Henry vs hey
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.