-alho
The verdict
“-alho” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - forma substantivos, derivados de verbo ou substantivo, pelo comum com função instrumental
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | -alho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “-alho” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
-alho is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "forma substantivos, derivados de verbo ou substantivo, pelo comum com função instrumental".
Zero misspellings are on record for -alho in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is -alho, spelled --A-L-H-O.
Definition
- 1forma substantivos, derivados de verbo ou substantivo, pelo comum com função instrumental
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “-alho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is --A-L-H-O - 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.