apelido

//ɐ.pɨ.ˈli.du// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,274

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

apelido is aPortuguesenoun. It means: nome pessoal que provém da tradição familiar; nome de família; sobrenome Pronounced /ɐ.pɨ.ˈli.du/. It ranks #5,274 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with apelo.

Key facts for apelido
PropertyValue
Headwordapelido
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.pɨ.ˈli.du/
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,274
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of apelido in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for apelido is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.pɨ.ˈli.du/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,274 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for apelido, with forms such as "aeplido", "apeildo", and "apeldio". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "apelo", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is apelido, spelled A-P-E-L-I-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    nome pessoal que provém da tradição familiar; nome de família; sobrenome
  2. 2
    diminutivo ou nome informal de alguém; alcunha

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aeplido,apeildo,apeldio,apeliddo,apeliod,apellido,apleido,appelido,paelido

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for apelido

Misspelling Variants of "apelido"

aeplido7apeildo7apeldio7apeliddo8apeliod7apellido8apleido7appelido8
Misspelling Variants of "apelido"

Frequency rank: #5,274 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apelido"?
"apelido" is spelled A-P-E-L-I-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.pɨ.ˈli.du/.
What does "apelido" mean?
As a noun, "apelido" means: nome pessoal que provém da tradição familiar; nome de família; sobrenome
What words are commonly confused with "apelido"?
"apelido" is commonly confused with "apelo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "apelido"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apelido" is /ɐ.pɨ.ˈli.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apelido" come from?
"apelido" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.