pont
/pɔ̃nd/
The verdict
“pont” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #41,186. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,186
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ponte
Corpus desk
Index PT-pont · pont · Portuguese
pont · rank #41,186 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,186
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH poliéster
Nearest frequency peer: poliéster (-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 “pont”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- perpendicul…
perpendicular
58,819 corpus weight
- pesagem
pesagem
58,818 corpus weight
- poliéster
poliéster
58,816 corpus weight
- pont
pont
58,815 corpus weight
- predizer
predizer
58,811 corpus weight
- prescrever
prescrever
58,810 corpus weight
What this shows “pont” 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 | pont |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɔ̃nd/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #41,186 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “pont”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around pont (IPA /pɔ̃nd/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,186 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ponte".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for pont, with forms such as "opnt", "pnot", and "ponnt". 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, "PT", "por", "pop", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is pont, spelled P-O-N-T.
Definition
- 1ponte
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opnt
- pnot
- ponnt
- pontt
- potn
- ppont
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pont - 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 "pont", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).