inferência
The verdict
“inferência” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #45,894. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,894
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,526
- “I” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - dedução de uma informação a partir de outra
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 | inferência |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #45,894 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “inferência” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around inferência, anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,894 among 1,526 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "dedução de uma informação a partir de outra".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for inferência, with forms such as "ifnerência", "inefrência", and "infernêcia". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ingerência", "incoerência", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is inferência, spelled I-N-F-E-R-Ê-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1dedução de uma informação a partir de outra
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ifnerência
- inefrência
- infernêcia
- inferrência
- inferêcnia
- inferêncai
- inferênccia
- inferênica
- inferênncia
- infeêrncia
- infferência
- infreência
- innferência
- niferência
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inferência - 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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Using “inferência”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-N-F-E-R-Ê-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “ingerência” - see the side-by-side comparison. inferência vs ingerência
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.