açafrão

Name: açafrão, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ɐ.sɐ.ˈfɾɐ̃w̃/

//ɐ.sɐ.ˈfɾɐ̃w̃// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“açafrão” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #34,154. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,154
frequency rank, Portuguese: 1,900
“A” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - planta da família das Iridáceas de cujas flores se extrai um pó amarelo-alaranjado utilizado em culinária ou como corante; seu nome científico é Crocus sativus

Corpus desk

Index PT-acafrao · açafrão · Portuguese

açafrão · rank #34,154 · 8 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #34,154
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 1,900
PHOTO-FINISH banjo

Nearest frequency peer: banjo (+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.

arab

65,864
araucária

65,863
arruinado

65,854
açafrão

65,847
banjo

65,845
boots

65,835

What this shows “açafrão” 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).

açafrão vs alcatrão

63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for açafrão
Property	Value
Headword	açafrão
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ɐ.sɐ.ˈfɾɐ̃w̃/
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#34,154
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “açafrão”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.açafrãocai aqui:

#34,154

#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 “banjo” (#34,156), “arruinado” (#34,147), “boots” (#34,166). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “açafrão” fica em #34,154. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around açafrão (IPA /ɐ.sɐ.ˈfɾɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,154 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for açafrão, with forms such as "aaçfrão", "açaffrão", and "açafroã". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "alcatrão", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is açafrão, spelled A-Ç-A-F-R-Ã-O.

Definition

1
planta da família das Iridáceas de cujas flores se extrai um pó amarelo-alaranjado utilizado em culinária ou como corante; seu nome científico é Crocus sativus
2
açafroeira, açaflor
3
o mesmo que urucu

This word in other languages

saffron(English)azafrán(Español)safran(Français)Safran(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

aaçfrão
açaffrão
açafroã
açafrrão
açafãro
açarfão
açfarão
çaafrão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "açafrão"

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 "açafrão"?

"açafrão" is spelled A-Ç-A-F-R-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.sɐ.ˈfɾɐ̃w̃/.

What does "açafrão" mean?

As a noun, "açafrão" means: planta da família das Iridáceas de cujas flores se extrai um pó amarelo-alaranjado utilizado em culinária ou como corante; seu nome científico é Crocus sativus

What words are commonly confused with "açafrão"?

"açafrão" is commonly confused with "alcatrão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "açafrão"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "açafrão" is /ɐ.sɐ.ˈfɾɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "açafrão" come from?

"açafrão" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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