William
/ˈwɪljəm/.
The verdict
“William” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,244. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,244
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 110
- “W” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Guilherme
Corpus desk
Index PT-william · William · Portuguese
William · rank #3,244 · 8 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,244
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 110
- PHOTO-FINISH virgem
Nearest frequency peer: virgem (-3 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “William”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sombra
sombra
96,766 corpus weight
- torre
torre
96,762 corpus weight
- vigilância
vigilância
96,761 corpus weight
- virgem
virgem
96,760 corpus weight
- William
William
96,757 corpus weight
- Alan
Alan
96,754 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “William” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | William |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɪljəm/. |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,244 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “William” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around William (IPA /ˈwɪljəm/.), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,244 among 110 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Guilherme".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for William, with forms such as "iwlliam", "wiliam", and "wililam". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is William, spelled W-I-L-L-I-A-M.
Definition
- 1Guilherme
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwlliam
- wiliam
- wililam
- willaim
- williamm
- willima
- wliliam
- wwilliam
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of William - 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
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- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.