then
/ˈðɛn/
The verdict
“then” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #18,204. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,204
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - então, aí. daí
Corpus desk
Index PT-then · then · Portuguese
then · rank #18,204 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,204
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH tempero
Nearest frequency peer: tempero (-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 “then”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- tarado
tarado
81,801 corpus weight
- tarda
tarda
81,800 corpus weight
- tempero
tempero
81,798 corpus weight
- then
then
81,797 corpus weight
- theory
theory
81,796 corpus weight
- third
third
81,795 corpus weight
What this shows “then” 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 | then |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈðɛn/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #18,204 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “then”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around then (IPA /ˈðɛn/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #18,204 among 917 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "então, aí. daí".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for then, with forms such as "hten", "tehn", and "thenn". 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, "tre", "tie", "três", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is then, spelled T-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1então, aí. daí
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hten
- tehn
- thenn
- thhen
- thne
- tthen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of then - 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
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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).