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The verdict

“shoot” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #29,909. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,909
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - droga! (Um palavrão leve, expressando descrença ou desdém)

Corpus desk

Index PT-shoot · shoot · Portuguese

shoot · rank #29,909 · 7 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,909
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH setecentos

Nearest frequency peer: setecentos (-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 “shoot”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “shoot” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

shoot vs show
60% similar
shoot vs spot
60% similar
shoot vs sport
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for shoot
PropertyValue
Headwordshoot
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechInterjection
Letters5
Frequency rank#29,909
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “shoot”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).shootcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “setecentos” (#29,907), “snap” (#29,911), “sci” (#29,904). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “shoot” fica em #29,909. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around shoot, aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #29,909 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "droga! (Um palavrão leve, expressando descrença ou desdém)".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for shoot, with forms such as "hsoot", "shhoot", and "shoott". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "show", "spot", "sport", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is shoot, spelled S-H-O-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    droga! (Um palavrão leve, expressando descrença ou desdém)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how shoot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Shoot! I forgot to pay the bill!

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hsoot
  • shhoot
  • shoott
  • shot
  • shoto
  • sohot
  • sshoot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of shoot - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

hsoot2shhoot1shoott1shot1shoto2sohot2sshoot1
Edit distance from "shoot"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shoot"?
"shoot" is spelled S-H-O-O-T.
What does "shoot" mean?
As an interjection, "shoot" means: droga! (Um palavrão leve, expressando descrença ou desdém)
What words are commonly confused with "shoot"?
"shoot" is commonly confused with "show", "spot", "sport". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "shoot" come from?
"shoot" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "shoot", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list