xeique
The verdict
“xeique” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #40,856. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,856
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 27
- “X” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chefe de tribo árabe
Corpus desk
Index PT-xeique · xeique · Portuguese
xeique · rank #40,856 · 7 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #40,856
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 27
- PHOTO-FINISH wee
Nearest frequency peer: wee (-5 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 “xeique”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- uretra
uretra
59,166 corpus weight
- wee
wee
59,150 corpus weight
- xeique
xeique
59,145 corpus weight
- abastecida
abastecida
59,133 corpus weight
- abdução
abdução
59,132 corpus weight
- alagamento
alagamento
59,125 corpus weight
What this shows “xeique” 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 | xeique |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #40,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “xeique”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around xeique, anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,856 among 27 “X” headwords. Dominant gloss: "chefe de tribo árabe".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for xeique, with forms such as "exique", "xeiqeu", and "xeiqque". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "xeque", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is xeique, spelled X-E-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1chefe de tribo árabe
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how xeique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Um treinador do haras Godolphin, que pertence ao xeique governante de Dubai, admitiu um "erro catastrófico" na administração de estereoides para dopar cavalos no local.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- exique
- xeiqeu
- xeiqque
- xeiuqe
- xeqiue
- xieque
- xxeique
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of xeique - 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 "xeique", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (7 here; floor ≥5).