whisky
/ˈwi.ski/
The verdict
“whisky” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,640. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,640
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 110
- “W” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bebida alcoólica destilada de grãos, muitas vezes incluindo malte, e envelhecida em barris de carvalho
Corpus desk
Index PT-whisky · whisky · Portuguese
whisky · rank #13,640 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,640
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 110
- PHOTO-FINISH wonder
Nearest frequency peer: wonder (+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 “whisky”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- tóxico
tóxico
86,370 corpus weight
- ventre
ventre
86,366 corpus weight
- whisky
whisky
86,361 corpus weight
- wonder
wonder
86,360 corpus weight
- ótica
ótica
86,357 corpus weight
- acréscimo
acréscimo
86,352 corpus weight
What this shows “whisky” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | whisky |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwi.ski/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,640 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “whisky”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around whisky (IPA /ˈwi.ski/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,640 among 110 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "bebida alcoólica destilada de grãos, muitas vezes incluindo malte, e envelhecida em barris de carvalho".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for whisky, with forms such as "hwisky", "whhisky", and "whiksy". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is whisky, spelled W-H-I-S-K-Y.
Definition
- 1bebida alcoólica destilada de grãos, muitas vezes incluindo malte, e envelhecida em barris de carvalho
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hwisky
- whhisky
- whiksy
- whiskky
- whiskyy
- whissky
- whisyk
- whsiky
- wihsky
- wwhisky
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of whisky - 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.
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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).