sorvete
/suɾ.ˈve.tɨ/
The verdict
“sorvete” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,711. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,711
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - alimento gelado à base de leite e sumo de frutas
Corpus desk
Index PT-sorvete · sorvete · Portuguese
sorvete · rank #6,711 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,711
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH solidão
Nearest frequency peer: solidão (-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 “sorvete”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- semanal
semanal
93,295 corpus weight
- service
service
93,294 corpus weight
- sinopse
sinopse
93,293 corpus weight
- solidão
solidão
93,291 corpus weight
- sorvete
sorvete
93,290 corpus weight
- su
su
93,288 corpus weight
What this shows “sorvete” 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 | sorvete |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /suɾ.ˈve.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #6,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “sorvete”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around sorvete (IPA /suɾ.ˈve.tɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,711 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for sorvete, with forms such as "osrvete", "sorevte", and "sorrvete". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "sorte", "servente", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is sorvete, spelled S-O-R-V-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1alimento gelado à base de leite e sumo de frutas
- 2porção de sorvete¹
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sorvete appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
E, como ninguém é de ferro, para sobremesa crepe de Nutella e sorvete de nata (R $ 18) ou torta mousse de chocolate e mel de framboesa (R$ 18).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osrvete
- sorevte
- sorrvete
- sorveet
- sorvette
- sorvtee
- sorvvete
- sovrete
- srovete
- ssorvete
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sorvete - 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 "sorvete", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).