bacalhau
/ba.kaˈʎaw/ [ba.kaˈʎaʊ̯]
The verdict
“bacalhau” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #16,227. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,227
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se do torcedor do Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama
Corpus desk
Index PT-bacalhau · bacalhau · Portuguese
bacalhau · rank #16,227 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,227
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH baralho
Nearest frequency peer: baralho (+2 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 “bacalhau”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- aproximado
aproximado
83,780 corpus weight
- bacalhau
bacalhau
83,774 corpus weight
- baralho
baralho
83,772 corpus weight
- Bass
Bass
83,770 corpus weight
- bibi
bibi
83,769 corpus weight
- blanc
blanc
83,768 corpus weight
What this shows “bacalhau” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | bacalhau |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ba.kaˈʎaw/ [ba.kaˈʎaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,227 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “bacalhau”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around bacalhau (IPA /ba.kaˈʎaw/ [ba.kaˈʎaʊ̯]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,227 among 840 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "diz-se do torcedor do Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bacalhau, with forms such as "abcalhau", "baaclhau", and "bacahlau". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "batalha", "batalhar", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 bacalhau, spelled B-A-C-A-L-H-A-U.
Definition
- 1diz-se do torcedor do Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abcalhau
- baaclhau
- bacahlau
- bacalahu
- bacalhhau
- bacalhua
- bacallhau
- baccalhau
- baclahau
- bbacalhau
- bcaalhau
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bacalhau - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bacalhau", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).