calada
/kɐ.ˈla.dɐ/
The verdict
“calada” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,304. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,304
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de calar-se
Corpus desk
Index PT-calada · calada · Portuguese
calada · rank #9,304 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,304
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH Cairo
Nearest frequency peer: Cairo (-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 “calada”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- bolha
bolha
90,703 corpus weight
- boneco
boneco
90,702 corpus weight
- burocracia
burocracia
90,699 corpus weight
- Cairo
Cairo
90,698 corpus weight
- calada
calada
90,697 corpus weight
- chanceler
chanceler
90,694 corpus weight
What this shows “calada” 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 | calada |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.ˈla.dɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,304 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “calada”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around calada (IPA /kɐ.ˈla.dɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,304 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for calada, with forms such as "aclada", "caalda", and "calaad". 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, "calma", "clara", "caldo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is calada, spelled C-A-L-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de calar-se
- 2ausência ou cessação de ruído; silêncio completo
- 3ausência ou interrupção de ação ou manifestação de algo
- 4cessação súbita e temporária do vento
- 5período de poucos ventos; acalmia
- 6calmaria que geralmente antecede uma tempestade
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how calada appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Na calada da noite."
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclada
- caalda
- calaad
- caladda
- caldaa
- callada
- ccalada
- claada
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calada - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).