please
/pliːz/
The verdict
“please” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #9,745 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #9,745
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - por favor:
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 | please |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /pliːz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,745 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “please” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for please is 6 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pliːz/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,745 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "por favor:".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for please, with forms such as "lpease", "pelase", and "plaese". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "plebe", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is please, spelled P-L-E-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1por favor:
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lpease,pelase,plaese,pleaes,pleasse,plesae,pllease,pplease
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of please - 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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Using “please”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-L-E-A-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pliːz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “plebe” - see the side-by-side comparison. please vs plebe
- 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.