ourives
/ow.ˈɾi.vis/
The verdict
“ourives” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #48,569. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,569
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 385
- “O” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - artesão de objetos de ouro
Corpus desk
Index PT-ourives · ourives · Portuguese
ourives · rank #48,569 · 9 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,569
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 385
- PHOTO-FINISH ostracismo
Nearest frequency peer: ostracismo (-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 “ourives”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- ons
ons
51,437 corpus weight
- ostracismo
ostracismo
51,434 corpus weight
- ourives
ourives
51,432 corpus weight
- paganismo
paganismo
51,429 corpus weight
- paquerar
paquerar
51,424 corpus weight
- pastar
pastar
51,421 corpus weight
What this shows “ourives” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ourives |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ow.ˈɾi.vis/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,569 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “ourives”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around ourives (IPA /ow.ˈɾi.vis/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,569 among 385 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ourives, with forms such as "oruives", "ouirves", and "ourievs". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is ourives, spelled O-U-R-I-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1artesão de objetos de ouro
- 2negociante de objetos de ouro
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oruives
- ouirves
- ourievs
- ourivess
- ourivse
- ourivves
- ourrives
- ourvies
- uorives
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ourives - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).