calma
/ˈkaɫ.mɐ/
The verdict
“calma” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,600. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,600
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expressa incitamento a apaziguação em uma situação tensa
Corpus desk
Index PT-calma · calma · Portuguese
calma · rank #1,600 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,600
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH certamente
Nearest frequency peer: certamente (+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 “calma”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- aeroporto
aeroporto
98,404 corpus weight
- by
by
98,403 corpus weight
- calma
calma
98,401 corpus weight
- certamente
certamente
98,400 corpus weight
- construir
construir
98,399 corpus weight
- coragem
coragem
98,398 corpus weight
What this shows “calma” 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 | calma |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˈkaɫ.mɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,600 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “calma”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around calma (IPA /ˈkaɫ.mɐ/), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #1,600 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "expressa incitamento a apaziguação em uma situação tensa".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for calma, with forms such as "aclma", "calam", and "callma". 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, "clã", "casa", "cara", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is calma, spelled C-A-L-M-A.
Definition
- 1expressa incitamento a apaziguação em uma situação tensa
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclma
- calam
- callma
- calmma
- camla
- ccalma
- clama
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calma - 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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).