alce
/ˈaɫ.sɨ/
The verdict
“alce” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #48,754) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #48,754
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...
Corpus desk
Index PT-alce · alce · Portuguese
alce · rank #48,754 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,754
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH antagonismo
Nearest frequency peer: antagonismo (+11 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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “alce”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- être
être
51,270 corpus weight
- alce
alce
51,247 corpus weight
- antagonismo
antagonismo
51,236 corpus weight
- aprazível
aprazível
51,232 corpus weight
- arregaçar
arregaçar
51,228 corpus weight
- atroz
atroz
51,223 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “alce” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “alce”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for alce is neighbouring look-alikes ("até", "ali", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈaɫ.sɨ/. Frequency #48,754 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Gloss: "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.]
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how alce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Guthrie estudou não apenas fósseis dos animais extintos mas também daqueles que sobreviveram à mudança, como o bisão, o veado e o alce - que foram tão caçados quanto os maiores.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).