balanço

/bɐ.ˈlɐ̃.su/

//bɐ.ˈlɐ̃.su// noun

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The verdict

“balanço” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,987. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,987
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - movimento oscilatório

Corpus desk

Index PT-balanco · balanço · Portuguese

balanço · rank #6,987 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,987
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH biografia

Nearest frequency peer: biografia (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “balanço”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “balanço” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

balanço vs banco
57% similar
balanço vs balão
57% similar
balanço vs blanc
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for balanço
PropertyValue
Headwordbalanço
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bɐ.ˈlɐ̃.su/
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,987
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “balanço”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.balançocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “biografia” (#6,988), “brigar” (#6,990), “atualizar” (#6,983). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “balanço” fica em #6,987. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around balanço (IPA /bɐ.ˈlɐ̃.su/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,987 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for balanço, with forms such as "ablanço", "baalnço", and "balannço". 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. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "banco", "balão", "blanc", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is balanço, spelled B-A-L-A-N-Ç-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    movimento oscilatório
  2. 2
    solavanco
  3. 3
    verificação da receita e despesa
  4. 4
    brinquedo normalmente encontrado em parques

This word in other languages

balance sheet(English)bilan(Français)Bilanz(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ablanço
  • baalnço
  • balannço
  • balanoç
  • balaçno
  • ballanço
  • balnaço
  • bbalanço
  • blaanço

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of balanço - 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.

ablanço2baalnço2balannço1balanoç2balaçno2ballanço1balnaço2bbalanço1
Edit distance from "balanço"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "balanço"?
"balanço" is spelled B-A-L-A-N-Ç-O. The IPA pronunciation is /bɐ.ˈlɐ̃.su/.
What does "balanço" mean?
As a noun, "balanço" means: movimento oscilatório
What words are commonly confused with "balanço"?
"balanço" is commonly confused with "banco", "balão", "blanc". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "balanço"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "balanço" is /bɐ.ˈlɐ̃.su/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "balanço" come from?
"balanço" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "balanço", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

apoiado#6,974friends#7,029refúgio#6,933liderar#7,044

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

brigar9 variantsfaltar9 variantsJordan9 variantsreforço9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list