Sofa
/ˈzoːfa/ ouvir^(fonte ?)
The verdict
“Sofa” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #42,680. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,680
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sofá
Corpus desk
Index PT-sofa · Sofa · Portuguese
Sofa · rank #42,680 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,680
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH solista
Nearest frequency peer: solista (+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 “Sofa”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- riddle
riddle
57,344 corpus weight
- sacro
sacro
57,337 corpus weight
- Sofa
Sofa
57,321 corpus weight
- solista
solista
57,319 corpus weight
- sossegar
sossegar
57,318 corpus weight
- tak
tak
57,309 corpus weight
What this shows “Sofa” 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 | Sofa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈzoːfa/ ouvir^(fonte ?) |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #42,680 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “Sofa”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Sofa (IPA /ˈzoːfa/ ouvir^(fonte ?)), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,680 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "sofá".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sofa, with forms such as "osfa", "sfoa", and "soaf". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sua", "sou", "sol", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is Sofa, spelled S-O-F-A.
Definition
- 1sofá
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osfa
- sfoa
- soaf
- soffa
- ssofa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sofa - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sofa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).