IPHAN
/i.ˈpãⁿ/
The verdict
“IPHAN” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,705. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,705
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional
Corpus desk
Index PT-iphan · IPHAN · Portuguese
IPHAN · rank #23,705 · 7 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,705
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH January
Nearest frequency peer: January (+3 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 “IPHAN”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- incendiar
incendiar
76,310 corpus weight
- infiltração
infiltração
76,306 corpus weight
- insustentáv…
insustentável
76,300 corpus weight
- IPHAN
IPHAN
76,296 corpus weight
- January
January
76,293 corpus weight
- joãozinho
joãozinho
76,290 corpus weight
What this shows “IPHAN” 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 | IPHAN |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | /i.ˈpãⁿ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #23,705 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “IPHAN”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around IPHAN (IPA /i.ˈpãⁿ/), anabbreviation. Corpus frequency is #23,705 among 938 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for IPHAN, with forms such as "ihpan", "ipahn", and "iphann". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Iran", "ilha", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is IPHAN, spelled I-P-H-A-N.
Definition
- 1Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ihpan
- ipahn
- iphann
- iphhan
- iphna
- ipphan
- pihan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of IPHAN - 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 "IPHAN", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).