shi
/ˈʃiː/
The verdict
“shi” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #25,143) as an adverb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #25,143
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - exatamente; precisamente
Corpus desk
Index PT-shi · shi · Portuguese
shi · rank #25,143 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,143
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH roer
Nearest frequency peer: roer (-5 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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “shi”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- restauro
restauro
74,871 corpus weight
- reverência
reverência
74,867 corpus weight
- roer
roer
74,863 corpus weight
- shi
shi
74,858 corpus weight
- sup
sup
74,851 corpus weight
- sótão
sótão
74,849 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “shi” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | shi |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈʃiː/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #25,143 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “shi”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for shi is neighbouring look-alikes ("só", "si", …), not just typos; it is anadverb pronounced /ˈʃiː/. Frequency #25,143 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Gloss: "exatamente; precisamente".
shi doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "só", "si", "su", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is shi, spelled S-H-I.
Definition
- 1exatamente; precisamente
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).