sorry
The verdict
“sorry” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,719. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,719
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expressa desculpas
Corpus desk
Index PT-sorry · sorry · Portuguese
sorry · rank #14,719 · 6 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,719
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH strange
Nearest frequency peer: strange (+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 “sorry”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- seriedade
seriedade
85,288 corpus weight
- severamente
severamente
85,287 corpus weight
- sorry
sorry
85,282 corpus weight
- strange
strange
85,280 corpus weight
- subsídio
subsídio
85,278 corpus weight
- subterrâneo
subterrâneo
85,277 corpus weight
What this shows “sorry” 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 | sorry |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #14,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “sorry”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around sorry, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,719 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for sorry, with forms such as "osrry", "sorryy", and "sory". 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, "sorte", "surra", "soar", 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is sorry, spelled S-O-R-R-Y.
Definition
- 1expressa desculpas
- 2expressa lamentação
- 3expressa arrependimento
- 4usado para avisar o locutor que repita o que disse por falta de compreensão
- 5usado quando o locutor comete um erro de fala
- 6deplorável, miserável
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sorry appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I'm sorry to have hurt you.
I'm sorry you feel that way.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osrry
- sorryy
- sory
- soryr
- srory
- ssorry
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sorry - 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.
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 "sorry", 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 (6 here; floor ≥5).