right
The verdict
“right” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,571. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,571
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - direito
Corpus desk
Index PT-right · right · Portuguese
right · rank #7,571 · 8 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #7,571
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH ri
Nearest frequency peer: ri (-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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “right”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- quadrilha
quadrilha
92,435 corpus weight
- queen
queen
92,434 corpus weight
- racial
racial
92,433 corpus weight
- ri
ri
92,431 corpus weight
- right
right
92,430 corpus weight
- salada
salada
92,428 corpus weight
What this shows “right” 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 | right |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,571 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “right”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around right, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,571 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for right, with forms such as "irght", "rgiht", and "rigght". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "rigor", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is right, spelled R-I-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1direito
- 2certo; correto
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how right appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Glencoe Science: Life Science
Many things you do with the left side of your body are controlled by your brain's right side. If much of what you do is done by your body's right side, your dominant brain side is the left side.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- irght
- rgiht
- rigght
- righht
- rightt
- rigth
- rihgt
- rright
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of right - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "right", 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 (8 here; floor ≥5).