favela
/faˈvɛ.lɐ/
The verdict
“favela” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,063. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,063
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nome popular da planta arbustiva Cnidoscolus phyllacanthus, euforbiácea, nativa de áreas de caatinga do nordeste brasileiro, mormente no sertão norte baiano, cujo fruto é uma cápsula que contém sem...
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Index PT-favela · favela · Portuguese
favela · rank #6,063 · 8 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,063
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH ferida
Nearest frequency peer: ferida (+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 “favela”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- eficiência
eficiência
93,944 corpus weight
- favela
favela
93,938 corpus weight
- ferida
ferida
93,937 corpus weight
- finalidade
finalidade
93,936 corpus weight
- full
full
93,935 corpus weight
- harmonia
harmonia
93,931 corpus weight
What this shows “favela” 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 | favela |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /faˈvɛ.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,063 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “favela”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around favela (IPA /faˈvɛ.lɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,063 among 853 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "nome popular da planta arbustiva Cnidoscolus phyllacanthus, euforbiácea, nativa de áreas de caatinga do nordeste brasileiro, mormente no sertão norte baiano, cujo fruto é uma cápsula que contém sem...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for favela, with forms such as "afvela", "faevla", and "faveal". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "fiável", "fivela", "flanela", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 favela, spelled F-A-V-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1nome popular da planta arbustiva Cnidoscolus phyllacanthus, euforbiácea, nativa de áreas de caatinga do nordeste brasileiro, mormente no sertão norte baiano, cujo fruto é uma cápsula que contém sementes oleaginosas e alimentícias, semelhantes às sementes de fava, adaptada para sobreviver às longas estiagens acumulando reservas de água e nutrientes nos caules e raízes, é portadora de espinhos como a maioria das xerófilas e, ainda, urticância ao toque
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how favela appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Encontrei na volta um novo espécime desta flora agressiva, espécime que não citei na carta que ontem escrevi daqui — a favela, cuja folha sobre a pele, ao mínimo contato, é um cáustico infernal, dolorosíssimo e de efeitos prolongados.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afvela
- faevla
- faveal
- favella
- favlea
- favvela
- ffavela
- fvaela
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of favela - 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).