humor

/u.ˈmoɾ/

//u.ˈmoɾ// noun

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The verdict

“humor” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,815. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,815
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - forma de entretenimento e de comunicação humana

Corpus desk

Index PT-humor · humor · Portuguese

humor · rank #1,815 · 7 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,815
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH iniciativa

Nearest frequency peer: iniciativa (+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 “humor”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “humor” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

humor vs hum
60% similar
humor vs Hugo
40% similar
humor vs homo
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for humor
PropertyValue
Headwordhumor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/u.ˈmoɾ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,815
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “humor”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.humorcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “iniciativa” (#1,816), “domínio” (#1,812), “maravilhoso” (#1,820). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “humor” fica em #1,815. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around humor (IPA /u.ˈmoɾ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,815 among 409 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for humor, with forms such as "hhumor", "hmuor", and "hummor". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "hum", "Hugo", "homo", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is humor, spelled H-U-M-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    forma de entretenimento e de comunicação humana
  2. 2
    qualidade cômica, incongruente ou absurda de uma situação, que a torna engraçada
  3. 3
    a faculdade de perceber o que é cômico
  4. 4
    disposição mental ou temperamento

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how humor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Não consigo ver o humor numa situação destas.
  2. Nosso professor não tem nenhum senso de humor.

This word in other languages

humour(English)humor(Español)humour(Français)Humor(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhumor
  • hmuor
  • hummor
  • humorr
  • humro
  • huomr
  • uhmor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of humor - 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.

hhumor1hmuor2hummor1humorr1humro2huomr2uhmor2
Edit distance from "humor"

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 "humor"?
"humor" is spelled H-U-M-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is /u.ˈmoɾ/.
What does "humor" mean?
As a noun, "humor" means: forma de entretenimento e de comunicação humana
What words are commonly confused with "humor"?
"humor" is commonly confused with "hum", "Hugo", "homo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "humor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "humor" is /u.ˈmoɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "humor" come from?
"humor" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "humor", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

museu#1,822bater#1,807prazo#1,796palco#1,793

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

almoço7 variantscadeia7 variantsfacto7 variantsequipa7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list