capanga
/kɐ.ˈpɐ̃.ɡɐ/
The verdict
“capanga” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #39,515. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,515
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bolsa pequena, usada a tiracolo por viajante
Corpus desk
Index PT-capanga · capanga · Portuguese
capanga · rank #39,515 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #39,515
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH carreiro
Nearest frequency peer: carreiro (+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 “capanga”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- blau
blau
60,500 corpus weight
- bulimia
bulimia
60,491 corpus weight
- cadente
cadente
60,489 corpus weight
- capanga
capanga
60,486 corpus weight
- carreiro
carreiro
60,484 corpus weight
- chacal
chacal
60,476 corpus weight
What this shows “capanga” 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 | capanga |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.ˈpɐ̃.ɡɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #39,515 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “capanga”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around capanga (IPA /kɐ.ˈpɐ̃.ɡɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,515 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "bolsa pequena, usada a tiracolo por viajante".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for capanga, with forms such as "acpanga", "caapnga", and "capagna". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "cabana", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is capanga, spelled C-A-P-A-N-G-A.
Definition
- 1bolsa pequena, usada a tiracolo por viajante
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acpanga
- caapnga
- capagna
- capanag
- capangga
- capannga
- capnaga
- cappanga
- ccapanga
- cpaanga
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of capanga - 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 "capanga", 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).