camada

noun

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The verdict

“camada” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,882. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,882
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - porção de matéria uniformemente disposta sobre outra

Corpus desk

Index PT-camada · camada · Portuguese

camada · rank #4,882 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,882
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cientista

Nearest frequency peer: cientista (+2 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 “camada”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “camada” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

camada vs campa
67% similar
camada vs câmara
67% similar
camada vs comida
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for camada
PropertyValue
Headwordcamada
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,882
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “camada”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.camadacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “cientista” (#4,884), “atração” (#4,879), “Argentino” (#4,877). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “camada” fica em #4,882. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around camada, anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,882 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "porção de matéria uniformemente disposta sobre outra".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for camada, with forms such as "acmada", "caamda", and "camaad". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "campa", "câmara", "comida", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented 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 camada, spelled C-A-M-A-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    porção de matéria uniformemente disposta sobre outra

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how camada appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «"Os arqueólogos descobriram várias camadas de civilizações antigas nas escavações, cada uma com artefactos distintos."»

This word in other languages

layer(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acmada
  • caamda
  • camaad
  • camadda
  • camdaa
  • cammada
  • ccamada
  • cmaada

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of camada - 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.

acmada2caamda2camaad2camadda1camdaa2cammada1ccamada1cmaada2
Edit distance from "camada"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "camada"?
"camada" is spelled C-A-M-A-D-A.
What does "camada" mean?
As a noun, "camada" means: porção de matéria uniformemente disposta sobre outra
What words are commonly confused with "camada"?
"camada" is commonly confused with "campa", "câmara", "comida". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "camada" come from?
"camada" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "camada", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

crença#4,892pesada#4,943quinze#4,949citado#4,796

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

atração8 variantsgarrafa8 variantspéssimo8 variantssport8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list