calda
The verdict
“calda” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #26,994. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,994
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sumo fervido de alguns frutos
Corpus desk
Index PT-calda · calda · Portuguese
calda · rank #26,994 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,994
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH Calgary
Nearest frequency peer: Calgary (+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 “calda”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- braun
braun
73,014 corpus weight
- calda
calda
73,007 corpus weight
- Calgary
Calgary
73,006 corpus weight
- camuflagem
camuflagem
73,004 corpus weight
- caroço
caroço
73,002 corpus weight
- censurar
censurar
72,999 corpus weight
What this shows “calda” 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 | calda |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #26,994 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “calda”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around calda, anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,994 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for calda, with forms such as "aclda", "cadla", and "calad". 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, "clã", "casa", "cara", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 calda, spelled C-A-L-D-A.
Definition
- 1sumo fervido de alguns frutos
- 2resíduo da destilação do álcool ou da aguardente
- 3cobertura doce de alguns alimentos
- 4ação de pôr o ferro incandescente na ferraria
- 5sova, agressão física
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how calda appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Pêssego em calda."
"Bolo com calda de chocolate."
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclda
- cadla
- calad
- caldda
- callda
- ccalda
- clada
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calda - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "calda", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).