banal
/bɐ.ˈnaɫ/
The verdict
“banal” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #20,794. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,794
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo a bane, a trívia, ou a vulgo
Corpus desk
Index PT-banal · banal · Portuguese
banal · rank #20,794 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,794
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH balance
Nearest frequency peer: balance (-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 “banal”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- atalho
atalho
79,212 corpus weight
- balance
balance
79,208 corpus weight
- banal
banal
79,207 corpus weight
- blade
blade
79,205 corpus weight
- bochecha
bochecha
79,204 corpus weight
- brejo
brejo
79,201 corpus weight
What this shows “banal” 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 | banal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /bɐ.ˈnaɫ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #20,794 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “banal”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around banal (IPA /bɐ.ˈnaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,794 among 840 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "relativo a bane, a trívia, ou a vulgo".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for banal, with forms such as "abnal", "baanl", and "banall". 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, "bank", "bani", "banco", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is banal, spelled B-A-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1relativo a bane, a trívia, ou a vulgo
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abnal
- baanl
- banall
- banla
- bannal
- bbanal
- bnaal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of banal - 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.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).