alce
/ˈaɫ.sɨ/
The verdict
“alce” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #48,754 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #48,754
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mamífero artiodáctilo da família dos cervídeos (Alces alces), que ocorre nas regiões frias ao norte do hemisfério norte; de pelagem escura, ponta do focinho larga e arqueada e grande galhada espalm...
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 | alce |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈaɫ.sɨ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #48,754 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alce” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for alce is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈaɫ.sɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #48,754 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "mamífero artiodáctilo da família dos cervídeos (Alces alces), que ocorre nas regiões frias ao norte do hemisfério norte; de pelagem escura, ponta do focinho larga e arqueada e grande galhada espalm...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for alce, with forms such as "alcce", "alec", and "allce". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "até", "ali", "all", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is alce, spelled A-L-C-E.
Definition
- 1mamífero artiodáctilo da família dos cervídeos (Alces alces), que ocorre nas regiões frias ao norte do hemisfério norte; de pelagem escura, ponta do focinho larga e arqueada e grande galhada espalmada, com numerosas pontas, presente somente nos machos [É o maior dos cervídeos, alcançando até 3 m de comprimento.]
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alcce,alec,allce,lace
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alce - 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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Using “alce”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-L-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈaɫ.sɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “até” - see the side-by-side comparison. alce vs até
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.