imperial
/ĩ.pɨ.ˈɾjaɫ/
The verdict
“imperial” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,698. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,698
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que diz respeito ao império ou ao imperador
Corpus desk
Index PT-imperial · imperial · Portuguese
imperial · rank #9,698 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,698
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH iminente
Nearest frequency peer: iminente (-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 “imperial”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- imbecil
imbecil
90,305 corpus weight
- iminente
iminente
90,304 corpus weight
- imperial
imperial
90,303 corpus weight
- imprimir
imprimir
90,302 corpus weight
- India
India
90,301 corpus weight
- informal
informal
90,300 corpus weight
What this shows “imperial” 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 | imperial |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ĩ.pɨ.ˈɾjaɫ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,698 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “imperial”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around imperial (IPA /ĩ.pɨ.ˈɾjaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,698 among 938 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "que diz respeito ao império ou ao imperador".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for imperial, with forms such as "imeprial", "immperial", and "impeiral". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "império", "imparcial", "imaterial", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is imperial, spelled I-M-P-E-R-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1que diz respeito ao império ou ao imperador
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how imperial appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Samuel Cirnansck apresentou coleção inspirada numa época imperial, que remetia a jardins franceses do século 19.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imeprial
- immperial
- impeiral
- imperail
- imperiall
- imperila
- imperrial
- impperial
- impreial
- ipmerial
- miperial
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of imperial - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "imperial", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).