keeping
/ˈkiːpɪŋ/
The verdict
“keeping” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #49,549 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #49,549
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gerúndio do verbo keep
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | keeping |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈkiːpɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #49,549 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “keeping” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for keeping is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkiːpɪŋ/. Corpus data places it at rank #49,549 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "gerúndio do verbo keep".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for keeping, with forms such as "ekeping", "keeipng", and "keepign". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is keeping, spelled K-E-E-P-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1gerúndio do verbo keep
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ekeping,keeipng,keepign,keepingg,keepinng,keepnig,keepping,kepeing,keping,kkeeping
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of keeping - 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 “keeping”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is K-E-E-P-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkiːpɪŋ/ (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
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.