Stephan
/ˈʃtɛfaːn/.
The verdict
“Stephan” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #39,387. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,387
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Estêvão
Corpus desk
Index PT-stephan · Stephan · Portuguese
Stephan · rank #39,387 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,387
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH solidificar
Nearest frequency peer: solidificar (-3 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 “Stephan”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- santificado
santificado
60,628 corpus weight
- semiótica
semiótica
60,626 corpus weight
- sketch
sketch
60,621 corpus weight
- solidificar
solidificar
60,617 corpus weight
- Stephan
Stephan
60,614 corpus weight
- tranquilizar
tranquilizar
60,602 corpus weight
What this shows “Stephan” 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 | Stephan |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃtɛfaːn/. |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #39,387 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “Stephan”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Stephan (IPA /ˈʃtɛfaːn/.), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,387 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Estêvão".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Stephan, with forms such as "setphan", "sstephan", and "stehpan". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Stephen", "Stéphane", "Stefan", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is Stephan, spelled S-T-E-P-H-A-N.
Definition
- 1Estêvão
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- setphan
- sstephan
- stehpan
- stepahn
- stephann
- stephhan
- stephna
- stepphan
- stpehan
- sttephan
- tsephan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Stephan - 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 "Stephan", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).