farol
/fɐ.ˈɾɔɫ/
The verdict
“farol” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,197. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,197
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - torre com foco luminoso que serve de guia à navegação
Corpus desk
Index PT-farol · farol · Portuguese
farol · rank #8,197 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,197
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH fraternidade
Nearest frequency peer: fraternidade (+5 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 “farol”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- entorno
entorno
91,814 corpus weight
- exigência
exigência
91,810 corpus weight
- farol
farol
91,804 corpus weight
- fraternidade
fraternidade
91,799 corpus weight
- governante
governante
91,796 corpus weight
- his
his
91,792 corpus weight
What this shows “farol” 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 | farol |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fɐ.ˈɾɔɫ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,197 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “farol”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around farol (IPA /fɐ.ˈɾɔɫ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,197 among 853 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for farol, with forms such as "afrol", "faorl", and "farlo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fato", "foro", "furo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is farol, spelled F-A-R-O-L.
Definition
- 1torre com foco luminoso que serve de guia à navegação
- 2lanterna de automóvel ou de outro veículo
- 3guia; rumo
- 4semáforo
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how farol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Após passar por Vassouras, a primeira parada, chega-se ao vilarejo de pescadores de Mandacaru, comunidade que cresceu após a construção do farol marítimo.
É o caso da Baloon (a partir de US$ 1.795), a bicicleta inglesa masculina da Velorbis que ainda vem com farol e buzina.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afrol
- faorl
- farlo
- faroll
- farrol
- ffarol
- fraol
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of farol - 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 "farol", 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).