esmola

/eʒ.ˈmɔ.lɐ/

//eʒ.ˈmɔ.lɐ// noun

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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
1,279
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dinheiro dado aos pobres por caridade

Corpus desk

Index PT-esmola · esmola · Portuguese

esmola · rank #23,658 · 8 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,658
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH español

Nearest frequency peer: español (+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 “esmola”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “esmola” 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).

esmola vs escola
83% similar
esmola vs escala
67% similar
esmola vs escova
67% similar

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

Key facts for esmola
PropertyValue
Headwordesmola
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/eʒ.ˈmɔ.lɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,658
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “esmola”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.esmolacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “español” (#23,659), “erradicar” (#23,655), “falho” (#23,663). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “esmola” fica em #23,658. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around esmola (IPA /eʒ.ˈmɔ.lɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,658 among 1,279 “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

  1. 1
    dinheiro dado aos pobres por caridade
  2. 2
    donativo feito à igreja durante a missa

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Quando a esmola é demais, até o santo desconfia.

Synonyms

óbolo

This word in other languages

alms(English)limosna(Español)aumône(Français)Almosen(Deutsch)

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.

emsola2esmloa2esmmola1esmoal2esmolla1esomla2essmola1semola2
Edit distance from "esmola"

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 "esmola"?
"esmola" is spelled E-S-M-O-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is /eʒ.ˈmɔ.lɐ/.
What does "esmola" mean?
As a noun, "esmola" means: dinheiro dado aos pobres por caridade
What words are commonly confused with "esmola"?
"esmola" is commonly confused with "escola", "escala", "escova". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "esmola"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "esmola" is /eʒ.ˈmɔ.lɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "esmola" come from?
"esmola" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

eleven#23,645careta#23,598mescla#23,732bilhar#23,581

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

fresh8 variantscrash8 variantsbasear8 variantsaspeto8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list