slide

/ˈslaj.dɨ/

//ˈslaj.dɨ// noun

The verdict

“slide” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,389. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,389
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ver eslaide

Corpus desk

Index PT-slide · slide · Portuguese

slide · rank #17,389 · 7 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,389
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH silvestre

Nearest frequency peer: silvestre (-4 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 “slide”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “slide” 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).

slide vs slip
60% similar
slide vs smile
60% similar
slide vs sólido
67% similar

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

Key facts for slide
PropertyValue
Headwordslide
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈslaj.dɨ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#17,389
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “slide”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).slidecai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “silvestre” (#17,385), “timidez” (#17,395), “Richter” (#17,379). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “slide” fica em #17,389. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around slide (IPA /ˈslaj.dɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,389 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ver eslaide".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for slide, with forms such as "lside", "silde", and "sldie". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "slip", "smile", "sólido", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 slide, spelled S-L-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    ver eslaide

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lside
  • silde
  • sldie
  • slidde
  • slied
  • sllide
  • sslide

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of slide - 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.

lside2silde2sldie2slidde1slied2sllide1sslide1
Edit distance from "slide"

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 "slide"?
"slide" is spelled S-L-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈslaj.dɨ/.
What does "slide" mean?
As a noun, "slide" means: ver eslaide
What words are commonly confused with "slide"?
"slide" is commonly confused with "slip", "smile", "sólido". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "slide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "slide" is /ˈslaj.dɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "slide" come from?
"slide" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "slide", 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