calúnia
/kɐ.ˈlu.njɐ/
The verdict
“calúnia” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #21,674. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,674
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de caluniar, de atribuir falsamente a alguém responsabilidade por fato definido como crime
Corpus desk
Index PT-calunia · calúnia · Portuguese
calúnia · rank #21,674 · 9 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,674
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH bombar
Nearest frequency peer: bombar (-5 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 “calúnia”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- amargura
amargura
78,349 corpus weight
- archer
archer
78,341 corpus weight
- atentar
atentar
78,336 corpus weight
- banha
banha
78,334 corpus weight
- bombar
bombar
78,332 corpus weight
- calúnia
calúnia
78,327 corpus weight
What this shows “calúnia” 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 | calúnia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.ˈlu.njɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,674 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “calúnia”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around calúnia (IPA /kɐ.ˈlu.njɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,674 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ato ou efeito de caluniar, de atribuir falsamente a alguém responsabilidade por fato definido como crime".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for calúnia, with forms such as "aclúnia", "callúnia", and "calnúia". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "coluna", "colónia", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is calúnia, spelled C-A-L-Ú-N-I-A.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de caluniar, de atribuir falsamente a alguém responsabilidade por fato definido como crime
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclúnia
- callúnia
- calnúia
- calúina
- calúnai
- calúnnia
- caúlnia
- ccalúnia
- claúnia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calúnia - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "calúnia", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).