influenza
/ĩ.flu.ˈẽ.zɐ/
The verdict
“influenza” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #37,859. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,859
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,526
- “I” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - doença infecciosa aguda de origem viral que acomete o trato respiratório, ocorrendo em epidemias ou pandemias e frequentemente se complicando pela associação com outras infecções bacterianas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | influenza |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ĩ.flu.ˈẽ.zɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #37,859 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “influenza” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around influenza (IPA /ĩ.flu.ˈẽ.zɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,859 among 1,526 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "doença infecciosa aguda de origem viral que acomete o trato respiratório, ocorrendo em epidemias ou pandemias e frequentemente se complicando pela associação com outras infecções bacterianas".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for influenza, with forms such as "ifnluenza", "inffluenza", and "infleunza". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is influenza, spelled I-N-F-L-U-E-N-Z-A.
Definition
- 1doença infecciosa aguda de origem viral que acomete o trato respiratório, ocorrendo em epidemias ou pandemias e frequentemente se complicando pela associação com outras infecções bacterianas
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ifnluenza
- inffluenza
- infleunza
- inflluenza
- influenaz
- influennza
- influenzza
- influezna
- influneza
- infulenza
- inlfuenza
- innfluenza
- nifluenza
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of influenza - 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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Using “influenza”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-N-F-L-U-E-N-Z-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ĩ.flu.ˈẽ.zɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.