sorte
The verdict
“sorte” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #949. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #949
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - acaso ou coincidência feliz; contingência favorável
Corpus desk
Index PT-sorte · sorte · Portuguese
sorte · rank #949 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #949
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH televisão
Nearest frequency peer: televisão (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sorte”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- profissional
profissional
99,056 corpus weight
- sorte
sorte
99,052 corpus weight
- televisão
televisão
99,051 corpus weight
- comissão
comissão
99,050 corpus weight
- diferença
diferença
99,049 corpus weight
- digital
digital
99,048 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sorte” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | sorte |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #949 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sorte” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around sorte, anoun. Corpus frequency is #949 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sorte, with forms such as "osrte", "soret", and "sorrte". 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, "ste", "Sure", "sport", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is sorte, spelled S-O-R-T-E.
Definition
- 1acaso ou coincidência feliz; contingência favorável
- 2destino, modo como (algo ou alguém) termina; termo, fim
- 3fortuna, característica daquele que frequentemente consegue o que quer; boa estrela, felicidade
- 4tipo, gênero
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sorte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sua sorte foi que havia um médico a bordo para acudi-lo.
Era rico e generoso, mas não teve uma sorte feliz.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osrte
- soret
- sorrte
- sortte
- sotre
- srote
- ssorte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sorte - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sorte", 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).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.