falho
/ˈfa.ʎu/
The verdict
“falho” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,663. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,663
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que tem falha
Corpus desk
Index PT-falho · falho · Portuguese
falho · rank #23,663 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,663
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH fascínio
Nearest frequency peer: fascínio (+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 “falho”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- esmola
esmola
76,343 corpus weight
- español
español
76,342 corpus weight
- falho
falho
76,338 corpus weight
- fascínio
fascínio
76,336 corpus weight
- ferozes
ferozes
76,334 corpus weight
- fresh
fresh
76,331 corpus weight
What this shows “falho” 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 | falho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfa.ʎu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #23,663 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “falho”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around falho (IPA /ˈfa.ʎu/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,663 among 853 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for falho, with forms such as "aflho", "fahlo", and "falhho". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "flo", "fato", "falo", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is falho, spelled F-A-L-H-O.
Definition
- 1que tem falha
- 2que não tem o peso devido
- 3fracassado
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aflho
- fahlo
- falhho
- fallho
- faloh
- ffalho
- flaho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of falho - 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 "falho", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).