capelão

//kɐ.pɨ.ˈlɐ̃w̃// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,222

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

capelão is aPortuguesenoun. It means: padre encarregado de rezar missas em capelas e prestar assistência espiritual a regimentos militares, escolas, hospitais, etc Pronounced /kɐ.pɨ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/. Often confused with capeta and capitão.

Key facts for capelão
PropertyValue
Headwordcapelão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɐ.pɨ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,222
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of capelão in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for capelão is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɐ.pɨ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #25,222 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "padre encarregado de rezar missas em capelas e prestar assistência espiritual a regimentos militares, escolas, hospitais, etc".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for capelão, with forms such as "acpelão", "caeplão", and "capellão". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "capeta", "capitão", "catalão", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is capelão, spelled C-A-P-E-L-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    padre encarregado de rezar missas em capelas e prestar assistência espiritual a regimentos militares, escolas, hospitais, etc

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acpelão,caeplão,capellão,capeloã,capeãlo,capleão,cappelão,ccapelão,cpaelão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for capelão

Misspelling Variants of "capelão"

acpelão7caeplão7capellão8capeloã7capeãlo7capleão7cappelão8ccapelão8
Misspelling Variants of "capelão"

Frequency rank: #25,222 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "capelão"?
"capelão" is spelled C-A-P-E-L-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐ.pɨ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/.
What does "capelão" mean?
As a noun, "capelão" means: padre encarregado de rezar missas em capelas e prestar assistência espiritual a regimentos militares, escolas, hospitais, etc
What words are commonly confused with "capelão"?
"capelão" is commonly confused with "capeta", "capitão", "catalão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "capelão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "capelão" is /kɐ.pɨ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "capelão" come from?
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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.