apelido

/ɐ.pɨ.ˈli.du/

//ɐ.pɨ.ˈli.du// noun

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The verdict

“apelido” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,274. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,274
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nome pessoal que provém da tradição familiar; nome de família; sobrenome

Corpus desk

Index PT-apelido · apelido · Portuguese

apelido · rank #5,274 · 9 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,274
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH Anderson

Nearest frequency peer: Anderson (-1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “apelido”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “apelido” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

apelido vs apelo
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “apelido”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).apelidocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “Anderson” (#5,273), “aprendizado” (#5,275), “actividades” (#5,269). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “apelido” fica em #5,274. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around apelido (IPA /ɐ.pɨ.ˈli.du/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,274 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 apelido, spelled A-P-E-L-I-D-O.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how apelido appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Luís Vaz de Camões
  2. Exemplos de apelidos notórios: "Pelé", "Tiradentes", "Xuxa".

Synonyms

sobrenomealcunhacognome

This word in other languages

surname(English)apellido(Español)Nachname(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aeplido
  • apeildo
  • apeldio
  • apeliddo
  • apeliod
  • apellido
  • apleido
  • appelido
  • paelido

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apelido - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aeplido2apeildo2apeldio2apeliddo1apeliod2apellido1apleido2appelido1
Edit distance from "apelido"

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.

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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "apelido", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

ginásio9 variantsmatriz9 variantsqueimar9 variantsRogério9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list