alcunha
The verdict
“alcunha” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #21,648. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,648
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4,352
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - epíteto que se dá a qualquer pessoa e pelo qual fica sendo conhecida
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alcunha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,648 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alcunha” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around alcunha, anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,648 among 4,352 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "epíteto que se dá a qualquer pessoa e pelo qual fica sendo conhecida".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for alcunha, with forms such as "aclunha", "alccunha", and "alcnuha". 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 dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is alcunha, spelled A-L-C-U-N-H-A.
Definition
- 1epíteto que se dá a qualquer pessoa e pelo qual fica sendo conhecida
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclunha
- alccunha
- alcnuha
- alcuhna
- alcunah
- alcunhha
- alcunnha
- allcunha
- alucnha
- lacunha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alcunha - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “alcunha”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-L-C-U-N-H-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.