poeira
/ˈpwɐj.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“poeira” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,921. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,921
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - quantidade de pequenas partículas de variadas origens, estruturas e composições, que se depositam a partir da suspensão pelo ar
Corpus desk
Index PT-poeira · poeira · Portuguese
poeira · rank #6,921 · 7 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,921
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH portuguesas
Nearest frequency peer: portuguesas (+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 “poeira”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- moreno
moreno
93,089 corpus weight
- módulo
módulo
93,086 corpus weight
- poeira
poeira
93,080 corpus weight
- portuguesas
portuguesas
93,079 corpus weight
- preferido
preferido
93,076 corpus weight
- procurado
procurado
93,074 corpus weight
What this shows “poeira” 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 | poeira |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpwɐj.ɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,921 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “poeira”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around poeira (IPA /ˈpwɐj.ɾɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,921 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for poeira, with forms such as "opeira", "peoira", and "poeiar". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "porã", "porra", "poeta", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is poeira, spelled P-O-E-I-R-A.
Definition
- 1quantidade de pequenas partículas de variadas origens, estruturas e composições, que se depositam a partir da suspensão pelo ar
- 2estado de desapaziguado, não calmo, conturbado em que uma situação está posta
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how poeira appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Trip, mar. 2003, Nº 109, Trip Editora e Propaganda SA, página: 106
Passado algum tempo, a poeira dissipou e Buddy Holly foi entronado.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opeira
- peoira
- poeiar
- poeirra
- poeria
- poiera
- ppoeira
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poeira - 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 "poeira", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).