aquilo

/ɐ.ˈki.lu/

//ɐ.ˈki.lu// pron

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The verdict

“aquilo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #820. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#820
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aquela coisa ou aquele assunto

Corpus desk

Index PT-aquilo · aquilo · Portuguese

aquilo · rank #820 · 7 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #820
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH ambos

Nearest frequency peer: ambos (-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 “aquilo”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “aquilo” 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).

aquilo vs asilo
67% similar
aquilo vs arquivo
71% similar
aquilo vs aqui
67% similar

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

Key facts for aquilo
PropertyValue
Headwordaquilo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPronoun
IPA/ɐ.ˈki.lu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#820
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “aquilo”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).aquilocai 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 “ambos” (#819), “banco” (#821), “alta” (#818). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “aquilo” fica em #820. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around aquilo (IPA /ɐ.ˈki.lu/), apronoun. Corpus frequency is #820 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for aquilo, with forms such as "aqiulo", "aqquilo", and "aquillo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "asilo", "arquivo", "aqui", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is aquilo, spelled A-Q-U-I-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    aquela coisa ou aquele assunto
  2. 2
    referência a algo específico, mas que se encontra distante no espaço ou no tempo, ou a assunto anteriormente discutido

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. aquilo ali é um ananás, mas aquilo de que falávamos eram laranjas
  2. aquilo foi uma tragédia

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aqiulo
  • aqquilo
  • aquillo
  • aquiol
  • aqulio
  • auqilo
  • qauilo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aquilo - 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.

aqiulo2aqquilo1aquillo1aquiol2aqulio2auqilo2qauilo2
Edit distance from "aquilo"

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 "aquilo"?
"aquilo" is spelled A-Q-U-I-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ˈki.lu/.
What does "aquilo" mean?
As a pronoun, "aquilo" means: aquela coisa ou aquele assunto
What words are commonly confused with "aquilo"?
"aquilo" is commonly confused with "asilo", "arquivo", "aqui". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aquilo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aquilo" is /ɐ.ˈki.lu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aquilo" come from?
"aquilo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

espera#825jornal#827rápido#811motivo#808

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

banco7 variantsambos7 variantsserem7 variantsPedro7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list