infernal
/ĩ.fɨɾ.ˈnaɫ/
The verdict
“infernal” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,311. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,311
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - respeitante ao Inferno
Corpus desk
Index PT-infernal · infernal · Portuguese
infernal · rank #17,311 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,311
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH inconstitucio…
Nearest frequency peer: inconstitucional (-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 “infernal”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- ideológico
ideológico
82,696 corpus weight
- inconstituc…
inconstitucional
82,691 corpus weight
- infernal
infernal
82,690 corpus weight
- insano
insano
82,689 corpus weight
- intencional…
intencionalmente
82,687 corpus weight
- intrigante
intrigante
82,685 corpus weight
What this shows “infernal” 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 | infernal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ĩ.fɨɾ.ˈnaɫ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #17,311 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “infernal”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around infernal (IPA /ĩ.fɨɾ.ˈnaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,311 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for infernal, with forms such as "ifnernal", "inefrnal", and "infenral". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "inferno", "informal", "internar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is infernal, spelled I-N-F-E-R-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1respeitante ao Inferno
- 2próprio do Inferno
- 3demoníaco, diabólico
- 4muito mal; danoso
- 5muito grande (geralmente em sentido ruim)
- 6excelente; muito bom
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how infernal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Argumenta-se que na raiz do novo ciclo de violência infernal no Oriente Médio está a vitória eleitoral do Hamas na Palestina.
ruído infernal
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ifnernal
- inefrnal
- infenral
- inferanl
- infernall
- infernla
- infernnal
- inferrnal
- inffernal
- infrenal
- innfernal
- nifernal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of infernal - 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 "infernal", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).