try
/traɪ/
The verdict
“try” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #20,742) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #20,742
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tentativa
Corpus desk
Index PT-try · try · Portuguese
try · rank #20,742 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,742
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH usufruir
Nearest frequency peer: usufruir (+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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “try”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- tatu
tatu
79,266 corpus weight
- terapêutica
terapêutica
79,264 corpus weight
- try
try
79,259 corpus weight
- usufruir
usufruir
79,256 corpus weight
- veado
veado
79,252 corpus weight
- vous
vous
79,250 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “try” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | try |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /traɪ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #20,742 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “try”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for try is neighbouring look-alikes ("tu", "ty", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /traɪ/. Frequency #20,742 among 917 “T” headwords. Gloss: "tentativa".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for try, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tu", "ty", "tua", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is try, spelled T-R-Y.
Definition
- 1tentativa
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how try appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You should have a try at it before you say you can't do it
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).