read
/ɹiːd/, enPR: rēd
The verdict
“read” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,822. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,822
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ler
Corpus desk
Index PT-read · read · Portuguese
read · rank #7,822 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,822
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH renúncia
Nearest frequency peer: renúncia (+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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “read”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- persa
persa
92,188 corpus weight
- pirata
pirata
92,185 corpus weight
- primário
primário
92,183 corpus weight
- read
read
92,179 corpus weight
- renúncia
renúncia
92,177 corpus weight
- restauração
restauração
92,174 corpus weight
What this shows “read” 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 | read |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɹiːd/, enPR: rēd |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #7,822 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “read”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around read (IPA /ɹiːd/, enPR: rēd), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,822 among 963 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ler".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for read, with forms such as "erad", "raed", and "readd". 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, "rua", "rei", "red", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is read, spelled R-E-A-D.
Definition
- 1ler
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erad
- raed
- readd
- reda
- rread
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of read - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "read", 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 (5 here; floor ≥5).