small
/smɔːl/
The verdict
“small” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,032. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,032
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pequeno
Corpus desk
Index PT-small · small · Portuguese
small · rank #14,032 · 6 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,032
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH sogro
Nearest frequency peer: sogro (+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 “small”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- rude
rude
85,978 corpus weight
- rumor
rumor
85,977 corpus weight
- same
same
85,974 corpus weight
- small
small
85,969 corpus weight
- sogro
sogro
85,968 corpus weight
- teoricamente
teoricamente
85,964 corpus weight
What this shows “small” 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 | small |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /smɔːl/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #14,032 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “small”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around small (IPA /smɔːl/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,032 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "pequeno".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for small, with forms such as "msall", "samll", and "smal". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "still", "smart", "smile", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is small, spelled S-M-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1pequeno
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how small appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- msall
- samll
- smal
- smlal
- smmall
- ssmall
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of small - 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.
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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).