canal
The verdict
“canal” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #736 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #736
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - meio usado para transportar uma mensagem do emissor ao receptor
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 | canal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #736 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “canal” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for canal is 5 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #736 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for canal, with forms such as "acnal", "caanl", and "canall". 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, "casa", "cara", "cena", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is canal, spelled C-A-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1meio usado para transportar uma mensagem do emissor ao receptor
- 2faixa do espectro de radio-frequência com largura de 6 MHz utilizado para difusão de sinais de TV
- 3vala artificial, que pode ou não estar revestida de material que lhe dê sustentação e que se destina à passagem da água
- 4tubo por onde passam gases e líquidos
- 5leito de rio
- 6local onde duas margens opostas do mar são próximas
- 7meio de se conseguir algo
- 8tratamento dentário que consiste na retirada da polpa do dente, que é um tecido encontrado em sua parte interna
- 9caminho do gado, da rês
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acnal,caanl,canall,canla,cannal,ccanal,cnaal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of canal - 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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Using “canal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-N-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “casa” - see the side-by-side comparison. canal vs casa
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.