Liam
/ˈliːəm/
The verdict
“Liam” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,643. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,643
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - prenome masculino
Corpus desk
Index PT-liam · Liam · Portuguese
Liam · rank #8,643 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,643
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH maldade
Nearest frequency peer: maldade (+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 “Liam”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- improvável
improvável
91,365 corpus weight
- inconsciente
inconsciente
91,364 corpus weight
- intimidade
intimidade
91,363 corpus weight
- Liam
Liam
91,358 corpus weight
- maldade
maldade
91,356 corpus weight
- manchete
manchete
91,355 corpus weight
What this shows “Liam” 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 | Liam |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈliːəm/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #8,643 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “Liam”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Liam (IPA /ˈliːəm/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,643 among 581 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "prenome masculino".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Liam, with forms such as "ilam", "laim", and "liamm". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lua", "lim", "lip", and more, 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is Liam, spelled L-I-A-M.
Definition
- 1prenome masculino
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilam
- laim
- liamm
- lima
- lliam
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Liam - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Liam", 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 (5 here; floor ≥5).