well
The verdict
“well” sits in 13 confusable pairs (corpus #13,864) as an adverb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #13,864
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 110
- “W” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bem
Corpus desk
Index PT-well · well · Portuguese
well · rank #13,864 · 4 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,864
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 110
- PHOTO-FINISH vinil
Nearest frequency peer: vinil (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “well”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- vago
vago
86,143 corpus weight
- veracidade
veracidade
86,142 corpus weight
- vinil
vinil
86,138 corpus weight
- well
well
86,137 corpus weight
- were
were
86,136 corpus weight
- working
working
86,135 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “well” 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 | well |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #13,864 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “well”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for well is neighbouring look-alikes ("wen", "wet", …), not just typos; it is anadverb. Frequency #13,864 among 110 “W” headwords. Gloss: "bem".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for well, with forms such as "ewll", "wel", and "wlel". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "wen", "wet", "will", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is well, spelled W-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1bem
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how well appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He does that well. (Ele faz aquilo bem.)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewll
- wel
- wlel
- wwell
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of well - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).