estrela
/iʃ.ˈtɾe.lɐ/
The verdict
“estrela” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,975. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,975
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - corpo celeste onde ocorrem fenômenos que produzem luz
Corpus desk
Index PT-estrela · estrela · Portuguese
estrela · rank #1,975 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,975
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH emergência
Nearest frequency peer: emergência (-2 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 “estrela”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- documento
documento
98,030 corpus weight
- emergência
emergência
98,028 corpus weight
- estrela
estrela
98,026 corpus weight
- extremamente
extremamente
98,024 corpus weight
- fechar
fechar
98,023 corpus weight
- fundamental
fundamental
98,022 corpus weight
What this shows “estrela” 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 | estrela |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iʃ.ˈtɾe.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,975 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “estrela”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around estrela (IPA /iʃ.ˈtɾe.lɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,975 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for estrela, with forms such as "esrtela", "esstrela", and "esterla". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "estrelado", "estrada", "estreia", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is estrela, spelled E-S-T-R-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1corpo celeste onde ocorrem fenômenos que produzem luz
- 2atriz de cinema muito famosa
- 3atração principal
- 4tipo de giro corporal acrobático, também conhecido como aú no contexto da capoeira
- 5pinta da pelagem na cara ou testa de um cavalo ou outro animal
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esrtela
- esstrela
- esterla
- estreal
- estrella
- estrlea
- estrrela
- esttrela
- etsrela
- setrela
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estrela - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "estrela", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).