conselho
/kõ.ˈse.ʎu/
The verdict
“conselho” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #643. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #643
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aviso, opinião
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 | conselho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kõ.ˈse.ʎu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #643 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “conselho” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around conselho (IPA /kõ.ˈse.ʎu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #643 among 3,948 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for conselho, with forms such as "cconselho", "cnoselho", and "coneslho". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "consenso", "conserto", "coelho", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is conselho, spelled C-O-N-S-E-L-H-O.
Definition
- 1aviso, opinião
- 2grupo de pessoas de uma administração com poder decisório
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cconselho
- cnoselho
- coneslho
- connselho
- consehlo
- conselhho
- consellho
- conseloh
- consleho
- consselho
- cosnelho
- ocnselho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of conselho - 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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Using “conselho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-N-S-E-L-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kõ.ˈse.ʎu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “consenso” - see the side-by-side comparison. conselho vs consenso
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.