weather

noun

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The verdict

“weather” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,531. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,531
frequency rank, Portuguese
110
“W” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tempo (condição climática), clima; refere-se a: temperatura, umidade, chuva, vento, visibilidade, poluição atmosférica, etc

Corpus desk

Index PT-weather · weather · Portuguese

weather · rank #23,531 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #23,531
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 110
  • PHOTO-FINISH volátil

Nearest frequency peer: volátil (-2 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 “weather”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “weather” 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).

weather vs water
71% similar

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

Key facts for weather
PropertyValue
Headwordweather
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#23,531
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “weather”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).weathercai 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 “volátil” (#23,529), “vibrar” (#23,525), “twice” (#23,522). Entre 110 lemas com “W”, “weather” fica em #23,531. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around weather, anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,531 among 110 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "tempo (condição climática), clima; refere-se a: temperatura, umidade, chuva, vento, visibilidade, poluição atmosférica, etc".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for weather, with forms such as "ewather", "waether", and "weahter". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "water", 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 weather, spelled W-E-A-T-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    tempo (condição climática), clima; refere-se a: temperatura, umidade, chuva, vento, visibilidade, poluição atmosférica, etc

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The weather in Cuba is mild most of the year.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ewather
  • waether
  • weahter
  • weatehr
  • weatherr
  • weathher
  • weathre
  • weatther
  • wetaher
  • wweather

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ewather2waether2weahter2weatehr2weatherr1weathher1weathre2weatther1
Edit distance from "weather"

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 "weather"?
"weather" is spelled W-E-A-T-H-E-R.
What does "weather" mean?
As a noun, "weather" means: tempo (condição climática), clima; refere-se a: temperatura, umidade, chuva, vento, visibilidade, poluição atmosférica, etc
What words are commonly confused with "weather"?
"weather" is commonly confused with "water". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "weather" come from?
"weather" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

volátil#23,529sufocar#23,514sazonal#23,501redimir#23,478

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

anorexia10 variantspsicose10 variantsmordido10 variantsmeeting10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list