avalanche
/ɐ.vɐ.ˈlɐ̃.ʃɨ/
The verdict
“avalanche” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #18,252 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,252
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - queda rápida e violenta de grandes massas de neve ou gelo pela encosta de montanhas altas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | avalanche |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.vɐ.ˈlɐ̃.ʃɨ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #18,252 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “avalanche” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for avalanche is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.vɐ.ˈlɐ̃.ʃɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #18,252 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for avalanche, with forms such as "aavlanche", "avaalnche", and "avalacnhe". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is avalanche, spelled A-V-A-L-A-N-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1queda rápida e violenta de grandes massas de neve ou gelo pela encosta de montanhas altas
- 2(Derivação: sentido figurado): tudo o que arremete ou invade com ímpeto
- 3(Derivação: sentido figurado): queda estrondosa de coisas pesadas
- 4conjunto de íons e elétrons que, em um evento ionizante, é formado de maneira cumulativa, a partir de um único íon ou elétron que inicia o processo
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aavlanche,avaalnche,avalacnhe,avalancche,avalanceh,avalanchhe,avalanhce,avalannche,avallanche,avalnache,avlaanche,avvalanche,vaalanche
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of avalanche - 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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Using “avalanche”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-V-A-L-A-N-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.vɐ.ˈlɐ̃.ʃɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
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.