these
The verdict
“these” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #18,727. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,727
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vide tese
Corpus desk
Index PT-these · these · Portuguese
these · rank #18,727 · 7 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,727
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH surfista
Nearest frequency peer: surfista (-5 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 “these”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- skin
skin
81,285 corpus weight
- stage
stage
81,283 corpus weight
- surfista
surfista
81,279 corpus weight
- these
these
81,274 corpus weight
- type
type
81,266 corpus weight
- umbigo
umbigo
81,264 corpus weight
What this shows “these” 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 | these |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #18,727 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “these”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around these, anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,727 among 917 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "vide tese".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for these, with forms such as "htese", "tehse", and "thees". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "três", "they", "treze", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is these, spelled T-H-E-S-E.
Definition
- 1vide tese
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how these appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si na these aprofundo, e bato á fronte / Todo o Rei me parece um mastodonte!
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- htese
- tehse
- thees
- thesse
- thhese
- thsee
- tthese
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of these - 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.
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 "these", 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).