auréola
/aw.ˈɾɛ.u.lɐ/
The verdict
“auréola” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,795 among 4,352 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,795
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4,352
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - círculo dourado ou peça de metal circular com que pintores e escultores circundam muitas vezes a cabeça de Cristo, da Virgem Maria, dos santos, anjos, etc., representando uma espécie de resplendor ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | auréola |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /aw.ˈɾɛ.u.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,795 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “auréola” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
auréola is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,795 among 4,352 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /aw.ˈɾɛ.u.lɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "círculo dourado ou peça de metal circular com que pintores e escultores circundam muitas vezes a cabeça de Cristo, da Virgem Maria, dos santos, anjos, etc., representando uma espécie de resplendor ...".
No misspelling variants are generated for auréola in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is auréola, spelled A-U-R-É-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1círculo dourado ou peça de metal circular com que pintores e escultores circundam muitas vezes a cabeça de Cristo, da Virgem Maria, dos santos, anjos, etc., representando uma espécie de resplendor em suas imagens
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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Using “auréola”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-U-R-É-O-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /aw.ˈɾɛ.u.lɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.