horrível

//u.ˈRi.vɛɫ// adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,190

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

horrível is anPortugueseadj. It means: que causa horror Pronounced /u.ˈRi.vɛɫ/. It ranks #2,190 in Portuguese word frequency.

Key facts for horrível
PropertyValue
Headwordhorrível
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/u.ˈRi.vɛɫ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,190
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of horrível in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for horrível is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /u.ˈRi.vɛɫ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,190 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for horrível, with forms such as "hhorrível", "horrvíel", and "horríevl". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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 tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is horrível, spelled H-O-R-R-Í-V-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que causa horror
  2. 2
    horrendo
  3. 3
    péssimo
  4. 4
    horroroso

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhorrível,horrvíel,horríevl,horrívell,horrívle,horrívvel,horírvel,horível,hrorível,ohrrível

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for horrível

Misspelling Variants of "horrível"

hhorrível9horrvíel8horríevl8horrívell9horrívle8horrívvel9horírvel8horível7
Misspelling Variants of "horrível"

Frequency rank: #2,190 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "horrível"?
"horrível" is spelled H-O-R-R-Í-V-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is /u.ˈRi.vɛɫ/.
What does "horrível" mean?
As an adj, "horrível" means: que causa horror
What are common misspellings of "horrível"?
Common misspellings include "hhorrível", "horrvíel", "horríevl", "horrívell", "horrívle". The correct spelling is "horrível".
How do you pronounce "horrível"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "horrível" is /u.ˈRi.vɛɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "horrível" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.