horrível
/u.ˈRi.vɛɫ/
The verdict
“horrível” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,190. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,190
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que causa horror
Corpus desk
Index PT-horrivel · horrível · Portuguese
horrível · rank #2,190 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,190
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH horizonte
Nearest frequency peer: horizonte (-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 “horrível”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- familiar
familiar
97,814 corpus weight
- horizonte
horizonte
97,812 corpus weight
- horrível
horrível
97,811 corpus weight
- idiota
idiota
97,810 corpus weight
- imaginar
imaginar
97,809 corpus weight
- inteligência
inteligência
97,808 corpus weight
What this shows “horrível” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | horrível |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /u.ˈRi.vɛɫ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,190 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “horrível”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around horrível (IPA /u.ˈRi.vɛɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,190 among 409 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for horrível, with forms such as "hhorrível", "horrvíel", and "horríevl". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is horrível, spelled H-O-R-R-Í-V-E-L.
Definition
- 1que causa horror
- 2horrendo
- 3péssimo
- 4horroroso
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhorrível
- horrvíel
- horríevl
- horrívell
- horrívle
- horrívvel
- horírvel
- horível
- hrorível
- ohrrível
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of horrível - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "horrível", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).