virose

/vi.ˈɾɔ.zi/

//vi.ˈɾɔ.zi// noun

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The verdict

“virose” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #47,666. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,666
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - doença causa por vírus

Corpus desk

Index PT-virose · virose · Portuguese

virose · rank #47,666 · 8 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,666
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH trienal

Nearest frequency peer: trienal (-14 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 “virose”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “virose” 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).

virose vs vírus
50% similar
virose vs viro
67% similar

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

Key facts for virose
PropertyValue
Headwordvirose
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/vi.ˈɾɔ.zi/
Letters6
Frequency rank#47,666
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “virose”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.virosecai 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 “trienal” (#47,652), “trema” (#47,651), “tosa” (#47,644). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “virose” fica em #47,666. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around virose (IPA /vi.ˈɾɔ.zi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,666 among 501 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "doença causa por vírus".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for virose, with forms such as "ivrose", "viorse", and "viroes". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "vírus", "viro", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is virose, spelled V-I-R-O-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    doença causa por vírus

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how virose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A varíola é um exemplo de virose.

This word in other languages

virosis(Español)virose(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivrose
  • viorse
  • viroes
  • virosse
  • virrose
  • virsoe
  • vriose
  • vvirose

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of virose - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ivrose2viorse2viroes2virosse1virrose1virsoe2vriose2vvirose1
Edit distance from "virose"

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 "virose"?
"virose" is spelled V-I-R-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is /vi.ˈɾɔ.zi/.
What does "virose" mean?
As a noun, "virose" means: doença causa por vírus
What words are commonly confused with "virose"?
"virose" is commonly confused with "vírus", "viro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "virose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "virose" is /vi.ˈɾɔ.zi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "virose" come from?
"virose" 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 "virose", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tainha#47,633agiota#47,703avulso#47,747Poland#47,542

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

serrote8 variantsborrego8 variantslóbulo8 variantsescoar8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list