arcanjo
/aʁˈkɐ̃.ʒu/
The verdict
“arcanjo” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #21,363. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,363
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chefe dos anjos
Corpus desk
Index PT-arcanjo · arcanjo · Portuguese
arcanjo · rank #21,363 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,363
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH arrendamento
Nearest frequency peer: arrendamento (+2 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 “arcanjo”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- alameda
alameda
78,647 corpus weight
- anoitecer
anoitecer
78,643 corpus weight
- apache
apache
78,641 corpus weight
- arcanjo
arcanjo
78,638 corpus weight
- arrendamento
arrendamento
78,636 corpus weight
- aturar
aturar
78,631 corpus weight
What this shows “arcanjo” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arcanjo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /aʁˈkɐ̃.ʒu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,363 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “arcanjo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around arcanjo (IPA /aʁˈkɐ̃.ʒu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,363 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "chefe dos anjos".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for arcanjo, with forms such as "acranjo", "aracnjo", and "arcajno". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "arranjo", "arcaico", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is arcanjo, spelled A-R-C-A-N-J-O.
Definition
- 1chefe dos anjos
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how arcanjo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A estátua, esculpida em concreto, vai representar São Miguel Arcanjo, considerado o chefe supremo dos anjos fiéis a Deus, segundo a crença católica.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acranjo
- aracnjo
- arcajno
- arcanjjo
- arcannjo
- arcanoj
- arccanjo
- arcnajo
- arrcanjo
- racanjo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arcanjo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "arcanjo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).