argila

noun

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The verdict

“argila” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,882. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,882
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - material criado a partir do barro, usado para a confecção de utensílios e objetos de decoração

Corpus desk

Index PT-argila · argila · Portuguese

argila · rank #13,882 · 8 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,882
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH arterial

Nearest frequency peer: arterial (+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 “argila”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “argila” 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).

argila vs axila
67% similar
argila vs argola
83% similar
argila vs arriba
67% similar

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

Key facts for argila
PropertyValue
Headwordargila
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,882
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “argila”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.argilacai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “arterial” (#13,883), “amparo” (#13,878), “amarrado” (#13,877). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “argila” fica em #13,882. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around argila, anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,882 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "material criado a partir do barro, usado para a confecção de utensílios e objetos de decoração".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for argila, with forms such as "agrila", "arggila", and "argial". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "axila", "argola", "arriba", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is argila, spelled A-R-G-I-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    material criado a partir do barro, usado para a confecção de utensílios e objetos de decoração

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A startup norueguesa Desert Control usa argila natural líquida, que transforma a areia do deserto.

This word in other languages

clay(English)arcilla(Español)argile(Français)Ton(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agrila
  • arggila
  • argial
  • argilla
  • arglia
  • arigla
  • arrgila
  • ragila

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

agrila2arggila1argial2argilla1arglia2arigla2arrgila1ragila2
Edit distance from "argila"

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 "argila"?
"argila" is spelled A-R-G-I-L-A.
What does "argila" mean?
As a noun, "argila" means: material criado a partir do barro, usado para a confecção de utensílios e objetos de decoração
What words are commonly confused with "argila"?
"argila" is commonly confused with "axila", "argola", "arriba". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "argila" come from?
"argila" 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 "argila", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

amparo#13,878orange#13,803number#13,801oculto#13,987

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

trust8 variantspassivo8 variantsmutação8 variantsjacaré8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list