califado
/ka.liˈfa.du/
The verdict
“califado” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #44,739. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,739
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - uma forma monárquica de governo originada na Arábia, cuja identidade política se baseia na reivindicação de sucessão ao Estado Islâmico de Maomé e na identificação de um monarca chamado califa como...
Corpus desk
Index PT-califado · califado · Portuguese
califado · rank #44,739 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #44,739
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH bósnio
Nearest frequency peer: bósnio (-7 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 “califado”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- bojo
bojo
55,279 corpus weight
- braçadeira
braçadeira
55,274 corpus weight
- bósnio
bósnio
55,269 corpus weight
- califado
califado
55,262 corpus weight
- centralidade
centralidade
55,253 corpus weight
- cham
cham
55,249 corpus weight
What this shows “califado” 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 | califado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ka.liˈfa.du/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #44,739 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “califado”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around califado (IPA /ka.liˈfa.du/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,739 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "uma forma monárquica de governo originada na Arábia, cuja identidade política se baseia na reivindicação de sucessão ao Estado Islâmico de Maomé e na identificação de um monarca chamado califa como...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for califado, with forms such as "aclifado", "cailfado", and "calfiado". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "calçado", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 califado, spelled C-A-L-I-F-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1uma forma monárquica de governo originada na Arábia, cuja identidade política se baseia na reivindicação de sucessão ao Estado Islâmico de Maomé e na identificação de um monarca chamado califa como seu herdeiro e sucessor
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclifado
- cailfado
- calfiado
- caliafdo
- califaddo
- califaod
- califdao
- califfado
- callifado
- ccalifado
- claifado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of califado - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).