aval
/ɐ.ˈvaɫ/
The verdict
“aval” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #16,685) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #16,685
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - garantia de pagamento de um determinado título de crédito
Corpus desk
Index PT-aval · aval · Portuguese
aval · rank #16,685 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,685
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH atum
Nearest frequency peer: atum (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “aval”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- atentamente
atentamente
83,319 corpus weight
- atrito
atrito
83,318 corpus weight
- atum
atum
83,317 corpus weight
- aval
aval
83,316 corpus weight
- açude
açude
83,315 corpus weight
- bandeja
bandeja
83,313 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “aval” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | aval |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.ˈvaɫ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #16,685 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “aval”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for aval is neighbouring look-alikes ("avô", "ave", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ɐ.ˈvaɫ/. Frequency #16,685 among 1,900 “A” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for aval, with forms such as "aavl", "avall", and "avval". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "avô", "ave", "AVC", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is aval, spelled A-V-A-L.
Definition
- 1garantia de pagamento de um determinado título de crédito
- 2apoio em uma determinada decisão
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aavl
- avall
- avval
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aval - 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.
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 "aval", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).