Quebec
/ke.ˈbɛ.kɪ/
The verdict
“Quebec” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,101. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,101
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 129
- “Q” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - província canadense que faz fronteira com os Estados Unidos da América e confina com as províncias da Nova Escócia, Terra Nova e Labrador e Ontário
Corpus desk
Index PT-quebec · Quebec · Portuguese
Quebec · rank #23,101 · 8 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,101
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 129
- PHOTO-FINISH prospecção
Nearest frequency peer: prospecção (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Quebec”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- preparatório
preparatório
76,909 corpus weight
- prevalecer
prevalecer
76,906 corpus weight
- prospecção
prospecção
76,902 corpus weight
- Quebec
Quebec
76,900 corpus weight
- raia
raia
76,897 corpus weight
- refinado
refinado
76,893 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Quebec” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Quebec |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ke.ˈbɛ.kɪ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #23,101 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “Quebec” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Quebec (IPA /ke.ˈbɛ.kɪ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,101 among 129 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Quebec, with forms such as "qeubec", "qquebec", and "qubeec". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "queen", "queer", "querer", 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 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 Quebec, spelled Q-U-E-B-E-C.
Definition
- 1província canadense que faz fronteira com os Estados Unidos da América e confina com as províncias da Nova Escócia, Terra Nova e Labrador e Ontário
- 2a capital dessa província
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qeubec
- qquebec
- qubeec
- quebbec
- quebce
- quebecc
- queebc
- uqebec
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Quebec - 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 "Quebec", 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 (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Quebec". Here's where to go from here.
- "Quebec" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "queen". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #23,101 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "Q" letter cohort. Q–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.