linear
The verdict
“linear” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,281. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,281
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que é referente a linhas
Corpus desk
Index PT-linear · linear · Portuguese
linear · rank #12,281 · 8 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,281
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH London
Nearest frequency peer: London (+1 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 “linear”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- late
late
87,725 corpus weight
- liberty
liberty
87,723 corpus weight
- libra
libra
87,722 corpus weight
- linear
linear
87,720 corpus weight
- London
London
87,719 corpus weight
- meditação
meditação
87,714 corpus weight
What this shows “linear” 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 | linear |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #12,281 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “linear”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around linear, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,281 among 581 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for linear, with forms such as "ilnear", "lienar", and "linaer". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "linha", "lunar", "livrar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is linear, spelled L-I-N-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1que é referente a linhas
- 2feito com linhas geométricas
- 3qualifica a folha estreita e comprida como a das gramíneas
- 4diz-se dos sistemas de classificação nos quais os seres são dispostos como se derivassem uns dos outros, formando uma linha reta
- 5que envolve uma só dimensão
- 6diz-se da equação do primeiro grau
- 7diz-se da função em que a variável dependente depende de um polinômio do primeiro grau
- 8que consiste em uma cadeia aberta, geralmente comprida e reta, de átomos
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how linear appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
equação linear
medida linear
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilnear
- lienar
- linaer
- linearr
- linera
- linnear
- llinear
- lniear
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of linear - 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.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).