kris

noun

The verdict

“kris” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #20,645. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,645
frequency rank, Portuguese
95
“K” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - crise

Corpus desk

Index PT-kris · kris · Portuguese

kris · rank #20,645 · 6 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,645
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 95
  • PHOTO-FINISH judaísmo

Nearest frequency peer: judaísmo (-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 “kris”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “kris” 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).

kris vs ki
50% similar
kris vs kia
50% similar
kris vs kiss
50% similar

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

Key facts for kris
PropertyValue
Headwordkris
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#20,645
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “kris”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.kriscai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “judaísmo” (#20,642), “Jota” (#20,641), “logístico” (#20,650). Entre 95 lemas com “K”, “kris” fica em #20,645. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around kris, anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,645 among 95 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "crise".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for kris, with forms such as "kirs", "kkris", and "kriss". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "ki", "kia", "kiss", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is kris, spelled K-R-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    crise

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how kris appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Att en prequel till filmsviten om Hunger Games kan utlösa en moralfilosofisk kris är överraskande.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • kirs
  • kkris
  • kriss
  • krris
  • krsi
  • rkis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kris - 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.

kirs2kkris1kriss1krris1krsi2rkis2
Edit distance from "kris"

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 "kris"?
"kris" is spelled K-R-I-S.
What does "kris" mean?
As a noun, "kris" means: crise
What words are commonly confused with "kris"?
"kris" is commonly confused with "ki", "kia", "kiss". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "kris" come from?
"kris" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kris", 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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list