Liam
/ˈliːəm/
The verdict
“Liam” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #8,643 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,643
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - prenome masculino
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) |
Where “Liam” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Liam is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈliːəm/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,643 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “Liam”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-I-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈliːəm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “lua” - see the side-by-side comparison. Liam vs lua
- 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.