bale
/beɪ̯l/, [ˈbeɪ̯(ə)ɫ], [beə̯ɫ]
The verdict
“bale” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #29,600) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #29,600
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fardo
Corpus desk
Index PT-bale · bale · Portuguese
bale · rank #29,600 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,600
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH bagulho
Nearest frequency peer: bagulho (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “bale”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- asteroide
asteroide
70,410 corpus weight
- atormentar
atormentar
70,407 corpus weight
- autodidata
autodidata
70,404 corpus weight
- avestruz
avestruz
70,403 corpus weight
- bagulho
bagulho
70,402 corpus weight
- bale
bale
70,401 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “bale” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | bale |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /beɪ̯l/, [ˈbeɪ̯(ə)ɫ], [beə̯ɫ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #29,600 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “bale”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for bale is neighbouring look-alikes ("bar", "ban", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /beɪ̯l/, [ˈbeɪ̯(ə)ɫ], [beə̯ɫ]. Frequency #29,600 among 840 “B” headwords. Gloss: "fardo".
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for bale, with forms such as "balle", "bbale", and "blae". 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, "bar", "ban", "bel", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is bale, spelled B-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1fardo
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- balle
- bbale
- blae
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bale - 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.
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 "bale", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).