safe
/seɪf/, enPR: sāf
The verdict
“safe” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #26,193. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,193
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - primeira ou terceira pessoa do presente subjuntivo de safar
Corpus desk
Index PT-safe · safe · Portuguese
safe · rank #26,193 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,193
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH seiscentos
Nearest frequency peer: seiscentos (+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 “safe”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- rosado
rosado
73,811 corpus weight
- safe
safe
73,808 corpus weight
- seiscentos
seiscentos
73,806 corpus weight
- simbolicame…
simbolicamente
73,802 corpus weight
- socar
socar
73,797 corpus weight
- solenemente
solenemente
73,795 corpus weight
What this shows “safe” 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 | safe |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /seɪf/, enPR: sāf |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #26,193 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “safe”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around safe (IPA /seɪf/, enPR: sāf), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,193 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for safe, with forms such as "asfe", "saef", and "saffe". 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, "se", "são", "sai", and more, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is safe, spelled S-A-F-E.
Definition
- 1primeira ou terceira pessoa do presente subjuntivo de safar
- 2imperativo singular de safar
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asfe
- saef
- saffe
- sfae
- ssafe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of safe - 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
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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).