talk
The verdict
“talk” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,582. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,582
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - conversar
Corpus desk
Index PT-talk · talk · Portuguese
talk · rank #9,582 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,582
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH sensacional
Nearest frequency peer: sensacional (-2 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 “talk”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- sensacional
sensacional
90,421 corpus weight
- talk
talk
90,419 corpus weight
- there
there
90,417 corpus weight
- tirada
tirada
90,416 corpus weight
- trair
trair
90,412 corpus weight
- unanimidade
unanimidade
90,406 corpus weight
What this shows “talk” 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 | talk |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,582 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “talk”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around talk, averb. Corpus frequency is #9,582 among 917 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "conversar".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for talk, with forms such as "atlk", "takl", and "talkk". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tão", "tam", "tap", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 talk, spelled T-A-L-K.
Definition
- 1conversar
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how talk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They talked about something.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atlk
- takl
- talkk
- tallk
- tlak
- ttalk
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of talk - 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 "talk", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).