avelã
/ɐ.vɨ.ˈlɐ̃/
The verdict
“avelã” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #35,019. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,019
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4,352
- “A” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - fruta gerada pela avelãzeira, avelaneira ou aveleira, (Corylus avellana)
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 | avelã |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.vɨ.ˈlɐ̃/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #35,019 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “avelã” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around avelã (IPA /ɐ.vɨ.ˈlɐ̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,019 among 4,352 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "fruta gerada pela avelãzeira, avelaneira ou aveleira, (Corylus avellana)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for avelã, with forms such as "aevlã", "avellã", and "aveãl". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "axila", "ave", "ala", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is avelã, spelled A-V-E-L-Ã.
Definition
- 1fruta gerada pela avelãzeira, avelaneira ou aveleira, (Corylus avellana)
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aevlã
- avellã
- aveãl
- avleã
- avvelã
- vaelã
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of avelã - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “avelã”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-V-E-L-Ã - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.vɨ.ˈlɐ̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “axila” - see the side-by-side comparison. avelã vs axila
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.