abelha

//ɐ.ˈbɐj.ʎɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,298

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

abelha is aPortuguesenoun. It means: designação genérica e vulgar de diversos insetos himenópteros da super-família Apoidea Pronounced /ɐ.ˈbɐj.ʎɐ/. Often confused with avelã and aberta.

Key facts for abelha
PropertyValue
Headwordabelha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.ˈbɐj.ʎɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,298
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of abelha in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for abelha is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.ˈbɐj.ʎɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #10,298 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for abelha, with forms such as "abbelha", "abehla", and "abelah". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "avelã", "aberta", "agulha", and more, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is abelha, spelled A-B-E-L-H-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    designação genérica e vulgar de diversos insetos himenópteros da super-família Apoidea
  2. 2
    designação especial da abelha doméstica da espécie Apis mellifera que vive em enxames produzindo mel e cera

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abbelha,abehla,abelah,abelhha,abellha,ableha,aeblha,baelha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for abelha

Misspelling Variants of "abelha"

abbelha7abehla6abelah6abelhha7abellha7ableha6aeblha6baelha6
Misspelling Variants of "abelha"

Frequency rank: #10,298 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abelha"?
"abelha" is spelled A-B-E-L-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ˈbɐj.ʎɐ/.
What does "abelha" mean?
As a noun, "abelha" means: designação genérica e vulgar de diversos insetos himenópteros da super-família Apoidea
What words are commonly confused with "abelha"?
"abelha" is commonly confused with "avelã", "aberta", "agulha". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abelha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abelha" is /ɐ.ˈbɐj.ʎɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abelha" come from?
"abelha" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.