barulho

/bɐ.ˈɾu.ʎu/

//bɐ.ˈɾu.ʎu// noun

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The verdict

“barulho” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,613. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,613
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grande bulha ou ruído

Corpus desk

Index PT-barulho · barulho · Portuguese

barulho · rank #2,613 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,613
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH black

Nearest frequency peer: black (+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 “barulho”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “barulho” 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).

barulho vs brilho
71% similar
barulho vs baralho
86% similar
barulho vs bagulho
86% similar

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

Key facts for barulho
PropertyValue
Headwordbarulho
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bɐ.ˈɾu.ʎu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,613
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “barulho”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).barulhocai 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 “black” (#2,614), “atender” (#2,611), “carvalho” (#2,616). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “barulho” fica em #2,613. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around barulho (IPA /bɐ.ˈɾu.ʎu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,613 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for barulho, with forms such as "abrulho", "barluho", and "barrulho". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "brilho", "baralho", "bagulho", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is barulho, spelled B-A-R-U-L-H-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    grande bulha ou ruído
  2. 2
    desordem; confusão; atrapalhação; encrenca
  3. 3
    publicidade; notoriedade

This word in other languages

noise(English)lío(Español)bruit(Français)Krach(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abrulho
  • barluho
  • barrulho
  • baruhlo
  • barulhho
  • barullho
  • baruloh
  • baurlho
  • bbarulho
  • braulho

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abrulho2barluho2barrulho1baruhlo2barulhho1barullho1baruloh2baurlho2
Edit distance from "barulho"

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 "barulho"?
"barulho" is spelled B-A-R-U-L-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is /bɐ.ˈɾu.ʎu/.
What does "barulho" mean?
As a noun, "barulho" means: grande bulha ou ruído
What words are commonly confused with "barulho"?
"barulho" is commonly confused with "brilho", "baralho", "bagulho". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "barulho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barulho" is /bɐ.ˈɾu.ʎu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "barulho" come from?
"barulho" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

atender#2,611alcance#2,608vestido#2,607símbolo#2,603

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

romance10 variantsentrega10 variantsmistura10 variantsatingir10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list