penis
/ˈpiːnɪs/
The verdict
“penis” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #39,788. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,788
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pénis ^((português europeu)) ou pênis ^((português do Brasil))
Corpus desk
Index PT-penis · penis · Portuguese
penis · rank #39,788 · 7 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,788
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH peculiaridade
Nearest frequency peer: peculiaridade (-3 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 “penis”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- paiol
paiol
60,224 corpus weight
- pança
pança
60,222 corpus weight
- patológico
patológico
60,217 corpus weight
- peculiarida…
peculiaridade
60,216 corpus weight
- penis
penis
60,213 corpus weight
- picanha
picanha
60,203 corpus weight
What this shows “penis” 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 | penis |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpiːnɪs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #39,788 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “penis”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around penis (IPA /ˈpiːnɪs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,788 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "pénis ^((português europeu)) ou pênis ^((português do Brasil))".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for penis, with forms such as "epnis", "peins", and "peniss". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "pes", "pois", "puni", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is penis, spelled P-E-N-I-S.
Definition
- 1pénis ^((português europeu)) ou pênis ^((português do Brasil))
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epnis
- peins
- peniss
- pennis
- pensi
- pneis
- ppenis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of penis - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "penis", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).