xerife

/ʃɨ.ˈɾi.fɨ/

//ʃɨ.ˈɾi.fɨ// noun

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The verdict

“xerife” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #16,427. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,427
frequency rank, Portuguese
27
“X” headwords
8
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - título usado por príncipes mouros

Corpus desk

Index PT-xerife · xerife · Portuguese

xerife · rank #16,427 · 8 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,427
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 27
  • PHOTO-FINISH abdominal

Nearest frequency peer: abdominal (+2 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 “xerife”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “xerife” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for xerife
PropertyValue
Headwordxerife
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ʃɨ.ˈɾi.fɨ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,427
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “xerife”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).xerifecai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “abdominal” (#16,429), “walk” (#16,424), “urânio” (#16,420). Entre 27 lemas com “X”, “xerife” fica em #16,427. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around xerife (IPA /ʃɨ.ˈɾi.fɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,427 among 27 “X” headwords. Dominant gloss: "título usado por príncipes mouros".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for xerife, with forms such as "exrife", "xeirfe", and "xerfie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is xerife, spelled X-E-R-I-F-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    título usado por príncipes mouros

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how xerife appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. E ainda mal, porque os mouros de África, e principalmente o Xerife de Marrocos, neste nosso tempo em este uso de guerra se servem mais deles que nós.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • exrife
  • xeirfe
  • xerfie
  • xerief
  • xeriffe
  • xerrife
  • xreife
  • xxerife

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of xerife - 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.

exrife2xeirfe2xerfie2xerief2xeriffe1xerrife1xreife2xxerife1
Edit distance from "xerife"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "xerife"?
"xerife" is spelled X-E-R-I-F-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ʃɨ.ˈɾi.fɨ/.
What does "xerife" mean?
As a noun, "xerife" means: título usado por príncipes mouros
What are common misspellings of "xerife"?
Common misspellings include "exrife", "xeirfe", "xerfie", "xerief", "xeriffe". The correct spelling is "xerife".
How do you pronounce "xerife"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "xerife" is /ʃɨ.ˈɾi.fɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "xerife" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "xerife", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

urânio#16,420apelar#16,444tigela#16,407shadow#16,398

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Bósnia8 variantssaliva8 variantspílula8 variantscívico8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list