know
/noʊ/
The verdict
“know” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,311. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,311
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 95
- “K” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - conhecimento
Corpus desk
Index PT-know · know · Portuguese
know · rank #6,311 · 6 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,311
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 95
- PHOTO-FINISH limão
Nearest frequency peer: limão (+5 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 “know”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- instalar
instalar
93,696 corpus weight
- know
know
93,690 corpus weight
- limão
limão
93,685 corpus weight
- manipulação
manipulação
93,684 corpus weight
- men
men
93,683 corpus weight
- mencionar
mencionar
93,682 corpus weight
What this shows “know” 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 | know |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /noʊ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #6,311 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “know”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around know (IPA /noʊ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,311 among 95 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "conhecimento".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for know, with forms such as "kknow", "knnow", and "knoww". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ko", "known", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is know, spelled K-N-O-W.
Definition
- 1conhecimento
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kknow
- knnow
- knoww
- knwo
- konw
- nkow
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of know - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "know"?
What does "know" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "know"?
How do you pronounce "know"?
What language does "know" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "know", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (6 here; floor ≥5).