Elba
The verdict
“Elba” sits in 19 confusable pairs (corpus #30,122) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #30,122
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - prenome feminino
Corpus desk
Index PT-elba · Elba · Portuguese
Elba · rank #30,122 · 4 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,122
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH eficientemente
Nearest frequency peer: eficientemente (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “Elba”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- dix
dix
69,891 corpus weight
- dublê
dublê
69,884 corpus weight
- dócil
dócil
69,883 corpus weight
- eficienteme…
eficientemente
69,880 corpus weight
- Elba
Elba
69,879 corpus weight
- erotismo
erotismo
69,868 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “Elba” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | Elba |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #30,122 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “Elba”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Elba is neighbouring look-alikes ("ele", "era", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #30,122 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Gloss: "prenome feminino".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Elba, with forms such as "elab", "elbba", and "ellba". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "ele", "era", "Eva", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is Elba, spelled E-L-B-A.
Definition
- 1prenome feminino
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Elba appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Elba Ramalho"
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elab
- elbba
- ellba
- leba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Elba - 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 "Elba", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).