space
/ˈspeɪs/
The verdict
“space” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,845. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,845
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espaço
Corpus desk
Index PT-space · space · Portuguese
space · rank #13,845 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,845
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH textura
Nearest frequency peer: textura (+4 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 “space”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- samurai
samurai
86,166 corpus weight
- seletiva
seletiva
86,163 corpus weight
- space
space
86,156 corpus weight
- textura
textura
86,152 corpus weight
- trust
trust
86,146 corpus weight
- vago
vago
86,143 corpus weight
What this shows “space” 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 | space |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈspeɪs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #13,845 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “space”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around space (IPA /ˈspeɪs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,845 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for space, with forms such as "psace", "sapce", and "spacce". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "suave", "stage", "spark", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is space, spelled S-P-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1espaço
- 2caractere de espaço em branco
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- psace
- sapce
- spacce
- spaec
- spcae
- sppace
- sspace
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of space - 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.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "space", 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).