gaiola
/ɡaj.ˈɔ.lɐ/
The verdict
“gaiola” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #15,818. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,818
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - objeto envolto por grades destinado a prender pássaros ou outros animais domésticos
Corpus desk
Index PT-gaiola · gaiola · Portuguese
gaiola · rank #15,818 · 7 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,818
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH ganso
Nearest frequency peer: ganso (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gaiola”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Fiji
Fiji
84,188 corpus weight
- fisiologia
fisiologia
84,187 corpus weight
- fosso
fosso
84,186 corpus weight
- gaiola
gaiola
84,183 corpus weight
- ganso
ganso
84,182 corpus weight
- Golf
Golf
84,181 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gaiola” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | gaiola |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡaj.ˈɔ.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,818 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “gaiola” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around gaiola (IPA /ɡaj.ˈɔ.lɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,818 among 521 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for gaiola, with forms such as "agiola", "gailoa", and "gaioal". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "gola", "gaivota", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is gaiola, spelled G-A-I-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1objeto envolto por grades destinado a prender pássaros ou outros animais domésticos
- 2navio fluvial a vapor para transporte de passageiros
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agiola
- gailoa
- gaioal
- gaiolla
- gaoila
- ggaiola
- giaola
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gaiola - 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 "gaiola", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "gaiola". Here's where to go from here.
- "gaiola" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "gola". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #15,818 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.