Protein
/pʀoteˈiːn/
The verdict
“Protein” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #41,195. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,195
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - proteína
Corpus desk
Index PT-protein · Protein · Portuguese
Protein · rank #41,195 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,195
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH puré
Nearest frequency peer: puré (+3 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 “Protein”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- pont
pont
58,815 corpus weight
- predizer
predizer
58,811 corpus weight
- prescrever
prescrever
58,810 corpus weight
- Protein
Protein
58,806 corpus weight
- puré
puré
58,803 corpus weight
- quadrangular
quadrangular
58,800 corpus weight
What this shows “Protein” 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 | Protein |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pʀoteˈiːn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #41,195 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “Protein”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Protein (IPA /pʀoteˈiːn/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,195 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "proteína".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Protein, with forms such as "portein", "pprotein", and "proetin". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "prótese", "protect", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is Protein, spelled P-R-O-T-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1proteína
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- portein
- pprotein
- proetin
- proteinn
- proteni
- protien
- prottein
- prrotein
- prtoein
- rpotein
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Protein - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).