vírus

Name: vírus, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈvi.ɾuʃ/

//ˈvi.ɾuʃ// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“vírus” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,346. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,346
frequency rank, Portuguese: 501
“V” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - agente infeccioso microscópico, que causa várias doenças (AIDS, gripe, etc.) e provoca a produção de anticorpos

Corpus desk

Index PT-virus · vírus · Portuguese

vírus · rank #2,346 · 7 variants · 13 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #2,346
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-MID 501
PHOTO-FINISH votar

Nearest frequency peer: votar (-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.

portugueses

97,658
privada

97,657
votar

97,656
vírus

97,655
alemão

97,653
amar

97,652

What this shows “vírus” 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).

vírus vs viu

40% similar

vírus vs Vis

20% similar

vírus vs vous

60% similar

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

Key facts for vírus
Property	Value
Headword	vírus
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈvi.ɾuʃ/
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#2,346
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	13
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “vírus”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.víruscai aqui:

#2,346

#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 “votar” (#2,345), “privada” (#2,344), “alemão” (#2,348). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “vírus” fica em #2,346. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around vírus (IPA /ˈvi.ɾuʃ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,346 among 501 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for vírus, with forms such as "vríus", "vvírus", and "vírrus". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "viu", "Vis", "vous", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is vírus, spelled V-Í-R-U-S.

Definition

1
agente infeccioso microscópico, que causa várias doenças (AIDS, gripe, etc.) e provoca a produção de anticorpos
2
programa oculto de computador que se instala no sistema operacional da máquina, ativando-se num determinado dia para provocar danos em arquivos, outros programas, etc
3
coisa que se reproduza de forma viral, como ideias

This word in other languages

virus(English)virus(Español)virus(Français)Viren(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

vríus
vvírus
vírrus
vírsu
víruss
víurs
ívrus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vírus - 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.

Edit distance from "vírus"

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 "vírus"?

"vírus" is spelled V-Í-R-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈvi.ɾuʃ/.

What does "vírus" mean?

As a noun, "vírus" means: agente infeccioso microscópico, que causa várias doenças (AIDS, gripe, etc.) e provoca a produção de anticorpos

What words are commonly confused with "vírus"?

"vírus" is commonly confused with "viu", "Vis", "vous". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "vírus"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vírus" is /ˈvi.ɾuʃ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "vírus" come from?

"vírus" 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 "vírus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

votar#2,345 anual#2,350 ponta#2,342 peixe#2,341

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

alemão7 variants passos7 variants bomba7 variants conto7 variants