news
/n(j)uːz/, enPR: n(y)o͞oz
The verdict
“news” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,965. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,965
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 881
- “N” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - novidade; notícia
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 | news |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /n(j)uːz/, enPR: n(y)o͞oz |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #2,965 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “news” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around news (IPA /n(j)uːz/, enPR: n(y)o͞oz), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,965 among 881 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for news, with forms such as "enws", "nesw", and "newss". 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, "nos", "now", "next", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is news, spelled N-E-W-S.
Definition
- 1novidade; notícia
- 2noticiário
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enws
- nesw
- newss
- newws
- nnews
- nwes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of news - 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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Using “news”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is N-E-W-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /n(j)uːz/, enPR: n(y)o͞oz (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “nos” - see the side-by-side comparison. news vs nos
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.