balão

noun

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The verdict

“balão” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,601. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,601
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - recipiente de forma oval que, cheio de um fluido mais leve que o ar, flutua sem auxílio de um sistema de propulsão

Corpus desk

Index PT-balao · balão · Portuguese

balão · rank #7,601 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,601
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH baiano

Nearest frequency peer: baiano (-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 “balão”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “balão” 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).

balão vs belo
60% similar
balão vs bola
40% similar
balão vs bela
40% similar

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

Key facts for balão
PropertyValue
Headwordbalão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,601
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “balão”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “baiano” (#7,600), “bacon” (#7,599), “Benjamin” (#7,603). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “balão” fica em #7,601. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around balão, anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,601 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for balão, with forms such as "ablão", "ballão", and "baloã". 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, "belo", "bola", "bela", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is balão, spelled B-A-L-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    recipiente de forma oval que, cheio de um fluido mais leve que o ar, flutua sem auxílio de um sistema de propulsão
  2. 2
    brinquedo de látex que imita o formato de um balão usado para decoração, sobretudo de festas; bexiga
  3. 3
    recipiente de vidro de forma esférica utilizado em laboratórios
  4. 4
    qualquer objeto de forma esférica
  5. 5
    cruzamento circular entre ruas ou estradas
  6. 6
    figura usada nas histórias em quadrinho na qual aparecem as falas das personagens
  7. 7
    jogada de futebol no qual o jogador chuta a bola para o alto, sem muita preocupação com a direção, com o intuito de afastá-la e eliminar um perigo imediato
  8. 8
    ato de não cumprir com comparecimento conforme firmado, combinado, estabelecido

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how balão appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O Padre Bartolomeu de Gusmão foi o inventor do balão de ar quente.
  2. Voz — Ah, me deu um balão, né? Sampa — Balão, que balão? Voz — Um cano, me deu o cano, né?

Synonyms

aeróstatobexigabola

This word in other languages

balloon(English)ballon(Français)Ballon(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ablão
  • ballão
  • baloã
  • baãlo
  • bbalão
  • blaão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ablão2ballão1baloã2baãlo2bbalão1blaão2
Edit distance from "balão"

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 "balão"?
"balão" is spelled B-A-L-Ã-O.
What does "balão" mean?
As a noun, "balão" means: recipiente de forma oval que, cheio de um fluido mais leve que o ar, flutua sem auxílio de um sistema de propulsão
What words are commonly confused with "balão"?
"balão" is commonly confused with "belo", "bola", "bela". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "balão" come from?
"balão" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bacon#7,599again#7,591ídolo#7,585right#7,571

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

brad6 variantsarmy6 variantsqueen6 variantsNoivo6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list