arraial

/ɐ.Rɐj.ˈaɫ/

//ɐ.Rɐj.ˈaɫ// noun

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The verdict

“arraial” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #15,507. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,507
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - acampamento de tropas

Corpus desk

Index PT-arraial · arraial · Portuguese

arraial · rank #15,507 · 7 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,507
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH arrasta

Nearest frequency peer: arrasta (+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 “arraial”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “arraial” 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).

arraial vs arrasar
71% similar
arraial vs arraia
86% similar

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

Key facts for arraial
PropertyValue
Headwordarraial
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.Rɐj.ˈaɫ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,507
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “arraial”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.arraialcai 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 “arrasta” (#15,508), “aprimorar” (#15,504), “anarquista” (#15,500). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “arraial” fica em #15,507. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around arraial (IPA /ɐ.Rɐj.ˈaɫ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,507 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for arraial, with forms such as "araial", "ararial", and "arraail". 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, "arrasar", "arraia", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is arraial, spelled A-R-R-A-I-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    acampamento de tropas
  2. 2
    festa animada por ocasião de uma romaria
  3. 3
    pequena povoação
  4. 4
    aldeola
  5. 5
    lugarejo
  6. 6
    aldeia de pescadores
  7. 7
    local destinado ao desenvolvimento de alguma atividade
  8. 8
    confusão; desordem
  9. 9
    lugarejo temporário em que trabalhadores desenvolvem atividades de extração
  10. 10
    povoamento provisório de romeiros para jogos, diversões e comercialização de comida
  11. 11
    decoração e cenário feitos de maneira a imitar as antigas vilas do interior, para festas juninas
  12. 12
    lugar em que festas populares são realizadas
  13. 13
    conjunto de barracas ou pequenas casas à beira do mar ou de um rio, nas quais se abrigam pescadores e os respectivos aparelhos

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • araial
  • ararial
  • arraail
  • arraiall
  • arraila
  • arriaal
  • raraial

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

araial1ararial2arraail2arraiall1arraila2arriaal2raraial2
Edit distance from "arraial"

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 "arraial"?
"arraial" is spelled A-R-R-A-I-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.Rɐj.ˈaɫ/.
What does "arraial" mean?
As a noun, "arraial" means: acampamento de tropas
What words are commonly confused with "arraial"?
"arraial" is commonly confused with "arrasar", "arraia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "arraial"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arraial" is /ɐ.Rɐj.ˈaɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arraial" come from?
"arraial" 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 "arraial", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

arrasta#15,508afronta#15,494abacaxi#15,487vaidade#15,477

Similar misspelling depth

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

zinco7 variantssalsa7 variantsearly7 variantsgarfo7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list