castelo

/kɐʃ.ˈtɛ.lu/

//kɐʃ.ˈtɛ.lu// noun

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The verdict

“castelo” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,822. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,822
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - habitação antiga fortificada

Corpus desk

Index PT-castelo · castelo · Portuguese

castelo · rank #2,822 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,822
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH caça

Nearest frequency peer: caça (+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 “castelo”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “castelo” 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).

castelo vs castro
71% similar
castelo vs casulo
71% similar
castelo vs castigo
71% similar

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

Key facts for castelo
PropertyValue
Headwordcastelo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɐʃ.ˈtɛ.lu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,822
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “castelo”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.castelocai 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 “caça” (#2,823), “cadeira” (#2,820), “atacar” (#2,818). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “castelo” fica em #2,822. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around castelo (IPA /kɐʃ.ˈtɛ.lu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,822 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for castelo, with forms such as "acstelo", "casetlo", and "casstelo". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "castro", "casulo", "castigo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 castelo, spelled C-A-S-T-E-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    habitação antiga fortificada
  2. 2
    praça-forte; cidadela

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A metáfora que você usa no título de seu livro, O Castelo de Vidro, é também uma prova de que seu pai nunca pretendeu construir esse castelo em vida.

This word in other languages

castle(English)castillo(Español)château(Français)Schloss(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acstelo
  • casetlo
  • casstelo
  • castello
  • casteol
  • castleo
  • casttelo
  • catselo
  • ccastelo
  • csatelo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acstelo2casetlo2casstelo1castello1casteol2castleo2casttelo1catselo2
Edit distance from "castelo"

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 "castelo"?
"castelo" is spelled C-A-S-T-E-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐʃ.ˈtɛ.lu/.
What does "castelo" mean?
As a noun, "castelo" means: habitação antiga fortificada
What words are commonly confused with "castelo"?
"castelo" is commonly confused with "castro", "casulo", "castigo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "castelo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "castelo" is /kɐʃ.ˈtɛ.lu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "castelo" come from?
"castelo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cadeira#2,820aliança#2,816derrota#2,830supremo#2,807

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

quebrar10 variantssuporte10 variantsobjetos10 variantsnuclear10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list