esmola
/eʒ.ˈmɔ.lɐ/
The verdict
“esmola” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,658. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,658
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,493
- “E” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - dinheiro dado aos pobres por caridade
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 | esmola |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /eʒ.ˈmɔ.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #23,658 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “esmola” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around esmola (IPA /eʒ.ˈmɔ.lɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,658 among 2,493 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for esmola, with forms such as "emsola", "esmloa", and "esmmola". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "escola", "escala", "escova", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is esmola, spelled E-S-M-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1dinheiro dado aos pobres por caridade
- 2donativo feito à igreja durante a missa
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emsola
- esmloa
- esmmola
- esmoal
- esmolla
- esomla
- essmola
- semola
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of esmola - 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 “esmola”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-S-M-O-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /eʒ.ˈmɔ.lɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “escola” - see the side-by-side comparison. esmola vs escola
- 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.