play
The verdict
“play” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #3,929 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,929
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - botão que aciona a reprodução de mídia
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 | play |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #3,929 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “play” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for play is 4 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #3,929 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for play, with forms such as "lpay", "paly", and "playy". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "plus", "pola", "pular", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is play, spelled P-L-A-Y.
Definition
- 1botão que aciona a reprodução de mídia
- 2situação em que será necessário agir e ou interagir conforme a boa adequação que a circunstância requer
- 3o mesmo que parquinho, playground
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lpay,paly,playy,pllay,plya,pplay
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of play - 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 “play”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-L-A-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “plus” - see the side-by-side comparison. play vs plus
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.