kiwi

/"ki:.wi:/

//"ki:.wi:// noun

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The verdict

“kiwi” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #31,844. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,844
frequency rank, Portuguese
95
“K” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fruto comestível de arbusto de mesmo nome de casca acastanhada e polpa verde

Corpus desk

Index PT-kiwi · kiwi · Portuguese

kiwi · rank #31,844 · 5 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,844
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 95
  • PHOTO-FINISH kia

Nearest frequency peer: kia (-2 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 “kiwi”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “kiwi” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

kiwi vs ki
50% similar
kiwi vs kia
50% similar
kiwi vs king
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for kiwi
PropertyValue
Headwordkiwi
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/"ki:.wi:/
Letters4
Frequency rank#31,844
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “kiwi”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).kiwicai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “kia” (#31,842), “legitimamente” (#31,850), “insígnia” (#31,829). Entre 95 lemas com “K”, “kiwi” fica em #31,844. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around kiwi (IPA /"ki:.wi:/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,844 among 95 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for kiwi, with forms such as "ikwi", "kiiw", and "kiwwi". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "ki", "kia", "king", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is kiwi, spelled K-I-W-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    fruto comestível de arbusto de mesmo nome de casca acastanhada e polpa verde
  2. 2
    ave da família Apterygidae nativa da Nova Zelândia
  3. 3
    pessoa natural da Nova Zelândia
  4. 4
    Dólar de Kiribati

Synonyms

quiuí

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ikwi
  • kiiw
  • kiwwi
  • kkiwi
  • kwii

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kiwi - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ikwi2kiiw2kiwwi1kkiwi1kwii2
Edit distance from "kiwi"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kiwi"?
"kiwi" is spelled K-I-W-I. The IPA pronunciation is /"ki:.wi:/.
What does "kiwi" mean?
As a noun, "kiwi" means: fruto comestível de arbusto de mesmo nome de casca acastanhada e polpa verde
What words are commonly confused with "kiwi"?
"kiwi" is commonly confused with "ki", "kia", "king". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "kiwi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kiwi" is /"ki:.wi:/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kiwi" come from?
"kiwi" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kiwi", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

math#31,869nous#31,892says#31,967cata#31,681

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

mater5 variantscapô5 variantsviga5 variantsarroio5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list