balde

/ˈbaɫ.dɨ/

//ˈbaɫ.dɨ// noun

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The verdict

“balde” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,431. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,431
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vasilha de forma quase cilíndrica para o transporte de água e outros usos domésticos feita em madeira, metal ou plástico

Corpus desk

Index PT-balde · balde · Portuguese

balde · rank #8,431 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,431
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH away

Nearest frequency peer: away (-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 “balde”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “balde” 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).

balde vs Base
40% similar
balde vs blue
60% similar
balde vs Ball
40% similar

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

Key facts for balde
PropertyValue
Headwordbalde
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbaɫ.dɨ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,431
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “balde”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).baldecai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “away” (#8,429), “barão” (#8,433), “australiano” (#8,428). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “balde” fica em #8,431. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around balde (IPA /ˈbaɫ.dɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,431 among 840 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "vasilha de forma quase cilíndrica para o transporte de água e outros usos domésticos feita em madeira, metal ou plástico".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for balde, with forms such as "ablde", "badle", and "baldde". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Base", "blue", "Ball", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is balde, spelled B-A-L-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    vasilha de forma quase cilíndrica para o transporte de água e outros usos domésticos feita em madeira, metal ou plástico

This word in other languages

bucket(English)cubo(Español)seau(Français)Eimer(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ablde
  • badle
  • baldde
  • baled
  • ballde
  • bbalde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ablde2badle2baldde1baled2ballde1bbalde1
Edit distance from "balde"

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 "balde"?
"balde" is spelled B-A-L-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbaɫ.dɨ/.
What does "balde" mean?
As a noun, "balde" means: vasilha de forma quase cilíndrica para o transporte de água e outros usos domésticos feita em madeira, metal ou plástico
What words are commonly confused with "balde"?
"balde" is commonly confused with "Base", "blue", "Ball". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "balde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "balde" is /ˈbaɫ.dɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "balde" come from?
"balde" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

barão#8,433berço#8,434bruxa#8,437veste#8,406

Similar misspelling depth

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

arruda6 variantssábio6 variantsSudão6 variantsodiar6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list