canalha
/kɐ.ˈna.ʎɐ/
The verdict
“canalha” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,034. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,034
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se de pessoa vil; velhaco, tratante
Corpus desk
Index PT-canalha · canalha · Portuguese
canalha · rank #13,034 · 10 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,034
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH camarada
Nearest frequency peer: camarada (-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 “canalha”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- autocarro
autocarro
86,985 corpus weight
- believe
believe
86,977 corpus weight
- boné
boné
86,975 corpus weight
- bora
bora
86,974 corpus weight
- camarada
camarada
86,968 corpus weight
- canalha
canalha
86,967 corpus weight
What this shows “canalha” 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 | canalha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kɐ.ˈna.ʎɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #13,034 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “canalha”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around canalha (IPA /kɐ.ˈna.ʎɐ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,034 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "diz-se de pessoa vil; velhaco, tratante".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for canalha, with forms such as "acnalha", "caanlha", and "canahla". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "canela", "cavala", "caralho", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 canalha, spelled C-A-N-A-L-H-A.
Definition
- 1diz-se de pessoa vil; velhaco, tratante
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acnalha
- caanlha
- canahla
- canalah
- canalhha
- canallha
- canlaha
- cannalha
- ccanalha
- cnaalha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of canalha - 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.
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 "canalha", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).