gamba
/ˈɡɐ̃.bɐ/
The verdict
“gamba” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #43,444. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,444
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - antiga viola parecida com o violoncelo
Corpus desk
Index PT-gamba · gamba · Portuguese
gamba · rank #43,444 · 7 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,444
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH gain
Nearest frequency peer: gain (-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 “gamba”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- folgado
folgado
56,570 corpus weight
- gain
gain
56,558 corpus weight
- gamba
gamba
56,557 corpus weight
- genius
genius
56,554 corpus weight
- gestual
gestual
56,552 corpus weight
- gorduroso
gorduroso
56,550 corpus weight
What this shows “gamba” 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 | gamba |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɐ̃.bɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #43,444 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “gamba”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around gamba (IPA /ˈɡɐ̃.bɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,444 among 521 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for gamba, with forms such as "agmba", "gabma", and "gamab". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "goma", "gema", "grama", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 gamba, spelled G-A-M-B-A.
Definition
- 1antiga viola parecida com o violoncelo
- 2crustáceo maior que o camarão e semelhante a ele
- 3mulher velha e feia
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agmba
- gabma
- gamab
- gambba
- gammba
- ggamba
- gmaba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gamba - 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
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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).