sprite

noun

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The verdict

“sprite” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #43,165. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,165
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - imagem bidimensional rasterizada feita de mapa de bites, que toma parte em formação de gráficos em movimento

Corpus desk

Index PT-sprite · sprite · Portuguese

sprite · rank #43,165 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,165
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sova

Nearest frequency peer: sova (-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 “sprite”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “sprite” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sprite vs strike
67% similar
sprite vs site
67% similar
sprite vs série
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sprite
PropertyValue
Headwordsprite
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#43,165
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sprite”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.spritecai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “sova” (#43,164), “sonolência” (#43,163), “sting” (#43,167). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sprite” fica em #43,165. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around sprite, anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,165 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "imagem bidimensional rasterizada feita de mapa de bites, que toma parte em formação de gráficos em movimento".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sprite, with forms such as "psrite", "spirte", and "spprite". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "strike", "site", "série", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is sprite, spelled S-P-R-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    imagem bidimensional rasterizada feita de mapa de bites, que toma parte em formação de gráficos em movimento

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how sprite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. e adicionaremos a ela um sistema bem simples de detecção de colisão entre dois sprites.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psrite
  • spirte
  • spprite
  • spriet
  • spritte
  • sprrite
  • sprtie
  • srpite
  • ssprite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sprite - 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.

psrite2spirte2spprite1spriet2spritte1sprrite1sprtie2srpite2
Edit distance from "sprite"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sprite"?
"sprite" is spelled S-P-R-I-T-E.
What does "sprite" mean?
As a noun, "sprite" means: imagem bidimensional rasterizada feita de mapa de bites, que toma parte em formação de gráficos em movimento
What words are commonly confused with "sprite"?
"sprite" is commonly confused with "strike", "site", "série". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "sprite" come from?
"sprite" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sprite", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

zeloso#43,228accord#43,244pelota#43,077arraia#43,277

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

giving9 variantsfostes9 variantsfender9 variantsexumação9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list