espalhar
The verdict
“espalhar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,417. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,417
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - distribuir sobre uma superfície
Corpus desk
Index PT-espalhar · espalhar · Portuguese
espalhar · rank #5,417 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,417
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH emocionante
Nearest frequency peer: emocionante (-3 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 “espalhar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- dólar
dólar
94,589 corpus weight
- elaboração
elaboração
94,588 corpus weight
- emocionante
emocionante
94,587 corpus weight
- espalhar
espalhar
94,584 corpus weight
- estômago
estômago
94,580 corpus weight
- excesso
excesso
94,579 corpus weight
What this shows “espalhar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | espalhar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,417 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “espalhar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around espalhar, averb. Corpus frequency is #5,417 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for espalhar, with forms such as "epsalhar", "esaplhar", and "espahlar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "espancar", "espelhar", "escalar", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is espalhar, spelled E-S-P-A-L-H-A-R.
Definition
- 1distribuir sobre uma superfície
- 2exibir ou mostrar para apreciação
- 3dispor ou distribuir em uma camada
- 4aplicar uma fina camada
- 5estender ou distribuir em uma região, lugar, período de tempo, entre um grupo
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how espalhar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Espalhou o jornal na mesa para poder ler à vontade.
O mascate espalhou suas mercadorias no chão.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epsalhar
- esaplhar
- espahlar
- espalahr
- espalharr
- espalhhar
- espalhra
- espallhar
- esplahar
- esppalhar
- esspalhar
- sepalhar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of espalhar - 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 "espalhar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).