were
The verdict
“were” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,865. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,865
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 110
- “W” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - homem, algo hominizado
Corpus desk
Index PT-were · were · Portuguese
were · rank #13,865 · 5 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,865
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 110
- PHOTO-FINISH well
Nearest frequency peer: well (-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 “were”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- 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
- afinidade
afinidade
86,130 corpus weight
What this shows “were” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | were |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #13,865 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “were”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around were, anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,865 among 110 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "homem, algo hominizado".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for were, with forms such as "ewre", "weer", and "werre". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "wet", "wir", "West", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is were, spelled W-E-R-E.
Definition
- 1homem, algo hominizado
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewre
- weer
- werre
- wree
- wwere
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of were - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "were", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).