garanhão
/ɡɐ.ɾɐ.ˈɲɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“garanhão” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #38,716. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,716
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,241
- “G” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - diz-se de cavalo destinado à reprodução
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | garanhão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɡɐ.ɾɐ.ˈɲɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #38,716 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “garanhão” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around garanhão (IPA /ɡɐ.ɾɐ.ˈɲɐ̃w̃/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #38,716 among 1,241 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for garanhão, with forms such as "agranhão", "gaarnhão", and "garahnão". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 garanhão, spelled G-A-R-A-N-H-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1diz-se de cavalo destinado à reprodução
- 2diz-se de homem muito dado a mulheres; femeeiro
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agranhão
- gaarnhão
- garahnão
- garanhhão
- garanhoã
- garannhão
- garanãho
- garnahão
- garranhão
- ggaranhão
- graanhão
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of garanhão - 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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Using “garanhão”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-A-R-A-N-H-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɡɐ.ɾɐ.ˈɲɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.