órfão
The verdict
“órfão” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #21,345. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,345
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 17
- “Ó” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que perdeu o pai e a mãe ou um deles
Corpus desk
Index PT-orfao · órfão · Portuguese
órfão · rank #21,345 · 6 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,345
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 17
- PHOTO-FINISH óptico
Nearest frequency peer: óptico (-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 “órfão”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- vox
vox
78,663 corpus weight
- wo
wo
78,660 corpus weight
- óptico
óptico
78,657 corpus weight
- órfão
órfão
78,656 corpus weight
- acento
acento
78,654 corpus weight
- alameda
alameda
78,647 corpus weight
What this shows “órfão” 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 | órfão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #21,345 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “órfão”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around órfão, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,345 among 17 “Ó” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for órfão, with forms such as "rófão", "ófrão", and "órffão". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "oro", "orla", "órgão", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is órfão, spelled Ó-R-F-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1que perdeu o pai e a mãe ou um deles
- 2abandonado
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how órfão appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O cineasta francês é o ponto de partida de Hugo Cabret, que conta a história do menino órfão que vive escondido na central de trem de Paris.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rófão
- ófrão
- órffão
- órfoã
- órrfão
- órãfo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of órfão - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "órfão", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).