tribal
The verdict
“tribal” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #15,473 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #15,473
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - referente a tribo; relativo ou pertencente a tribo
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 | tribal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,473 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tribal” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for tribal is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #15,473 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for tribal, with forms such as "rtibal", "tirbal", and "trbial". 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, "tribo", "trivial", "trienal", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is tribal, spelled T-R-I-B-A-L.
Definition
- 1referente a tribo; relativo ou pertencente a tribo
- 2tudo que diz respeito ao comportamento de grupos urbanos que buscam nas formas primitivas de expressão uma identidade comum
- 3diz-se de grupos que, mesmo não sendo classificados como tribos, apresentam suas características
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rtibal,tirbal,trbial,triabl,triball,tribbal,tribla,trribal,ttribal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tribal - 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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Using “tribal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-R-I-B-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “tribo” - see the side-by-side comparison. tribal vs tribo
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.