violence

/vjɔ.lɑ̃s/, X-SAMPA: /vjOlA~s/

//vjɔ.lɑ̃s/, X-SAMPA: /vjOlA~s// noun

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The verdict

“violence” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #33,227. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,227
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - violência

Corpus desk

Index PT-violence · violence · Portuguese

violence · rank #33,227 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,227
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH videoclip

Nearest frequency peer: videoclip (-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 “violence”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “violence” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

violence vs violento
75% similar
violence vs violência
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for violence
PropertyValue
Headwordviolence
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/vjɔ.lɑ̃s/, X-SAMPA: /vjOlA~s/
Letters8
Frequency rank#33,227
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “violence”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).violencecai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “videoclip” (#33,226), “warm” (#33,231), “wash” (#33,233). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “violence” fica em #33,227. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around violence (IPA /vjɔ.lɑ̃s/, X-SAMPA: /vjOlA~s/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,227 among 501 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "violência".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for violence, with forms such as "ivolence", "viloence", and "vioelnce". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "violento", "violência", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is violence, spelled V-I-O-L-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    violência

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivolence
  • viloence
  • vioelnce
  • violecne
  • violencce
  • violenec
  • violennce
  • viollence
  • violnece
  • voilence
  • vviolence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of violence - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ivolence2viloence2vioelnce2violecne2violencce1violenec2violennce1viollence1
Edit distance from "violence"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "violence"?
"violence" is spelled V-I-O-L-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is /vjɔ.lɑ̃s/, X-SAMPA: /vjOlA~s/.
What does "violence" mean?
As a noun, "violence" means: violência
What words are commonly confused with "violence"?
"violence" is commonly confused with "violento", "violência". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "violence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "violence" is /vjɔ.lɑ̃s/, X-SAMPA: /vjOlA~s/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "violence" come from?
"violence" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "violence", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

amparado#33,262serenata#33,187autónomo#33,282roupagem#33,172

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

elucidar11 variantsinsucesso11 variantsindeciso11 variantshundred11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list