praxe
/ˈpɾa.ʃɨ/
The verdict
“praxe” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #25,097. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,097
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aquilo que habitualmente se faz; costume, prática, rotina
Corpus desk
Index PT-praxe · praxe · Portuguese
praxe · rank #25,097 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,097
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH primariamente
Nearest frequency peer: primariamente (+6 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 “praxe”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- patriarcado
patriarcado
74,921 corpus weight
- praxe
praxe
74,904 corpus weight
- primariamen…
primariamente
74,898 corpus weight
- proclamar
proclamar
74,894 corpus weight
- pólen
pólen
74,889 corpus weight
- quântico
quântico
74,887 corpus weight
What this shows “praxe” 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 | praxe |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɾa.ʃɨ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #25,097 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “praxe”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around praxe (IPA /ˈpɾa.ʃɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,097 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 praxe, with forms such as "parxe", "ppraxe", and "praex". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "prazo", "price", "prove", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is praxe, spelled P-R-A-X-E.
Definition
- 1aquilo que habitualmente se faz; costume, prática, rotina
- 2ritual de recepção aos caloiros, nas universidades e escolas, feito por estudantes mais velhos
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- parxe
- ppraxe
- praex
- praxxe
- prraxe
- prxae
- rpaxe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of praxe - 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 "praxe", 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).