real
/ˈRjaɫ/
The verdict
“real” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #454. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #454
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,668
- “R” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que de fato existe, isto é, não é imaginário
Corpus desk
Index PT-real · real · Portuguese
real · rank #454 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #454
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,668
- PHOTO-FINISH paz
Nearest frequency peer: paz (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “real”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mão
mão
99,550 corpus weight
- papel
papel
99,549 corpus weight
- paz
paz
99,548 corpus weight
- real
real
99,547 corpus weight
- talvez
talvez
99,546 corpus weight
- último
último
99,545 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “real” 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 | real |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈRjaɫ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #454 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “real” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around real (IPA /ˈRjaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #454 among 1,668 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for real, with forms such as "eral", "rael", and "reall". 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, "rua", "rei", "red", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 real, spelled R-E-A-L.
Definition
- 1que de fato existe, isto é, não é imaginário
- 2do monarca
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how real appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Por muitos anos, os preços dos alimentos estiveram em queda - segundo a revista The Economist, entre 1975 e 2004, eles diminuíram 75% em termos reais -, mas a tendência se inverteu.
O príncipe herdeiro, Dipendra, matou outros dez membros da família real e depois se suicidou durante um jantar no palácio.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eral
- rael
- reall
- rela
- rreal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of real - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "real", 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).
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.