keep
/kip/
The verdict
“keep” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,880. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,880
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 95
- “K” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a torre principal de um castelo ou fortaleza
Corpus desk
Index PT-keep · keep · Portuguese
keep · rank #14,880 · 5 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,880
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 95
- PHOTO-FINISH inserir
Nearest frequency peer: inserir (-4 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 “keep”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- impulsionar
impulsionar
85,129 corpus weight
- indignada
indignada
85,128 corpus weight
- inserir
inserir
85,125 corpus weight
- keep
keep
85,121 corpus weight
- leque
leque
85,116 corpus weight
- loureiro
loureiro
85,113 corpus weight
What this shows “keep” 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 | keep |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kip/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #14,880 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “keep”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around keep (IPA /kip/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,880 among 95 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for keep, with forms such as "ekep", "keepp", and "kep". 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, "key", "ke", "kde", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is keep, spelled K-E-E-P.
Definition
- 1a torre principal de um castelo ou fortaleza
- 2meios de manutenção
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ekep
- keepp
- kep
- kepe
- kkeep
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of keep - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).