geada

noun

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The verdict

“geada” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #37,339. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,339
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - uma cobertura de pequenas partículas de gelo que se formam à noite no solo e nos objetos expostos quando eles resfriam-se abaixo do ponto de orvalho e quando o ponto de orvalho é inferior ao ponto ...

Corpus desk

Index PT-geada · geada · Portuguese

geada · rank #37,339 · 6 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,339
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH gregoriano

Nearest frequency peer: gregoriano (+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 “geada”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “geada” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

geada vs gema
60% similar
geada vs gear
60% similar
geada vs graça
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for geada
PropertyValue
Headwordgeada
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#37,339
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “geada”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.geadacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “gregoriano” (#37,344), “fucking” (#37,330), “Hebe” (#37,351). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “geada” fica em #37,339. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around geada, anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,339 among 521 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "uma cobertura de pequenas partículas de gelo que se formam à noite no solo e nos objetos expostos quando eles resfriam-se abaixo do ponto de orvalho e quando o ponto de orvalho é inferior ao ponto ...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for geada, with forms such as "egada", "gaeda", and "geaad". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "gema", "gear", "graça", and more, 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 read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is geada, spelled G-E-A-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    uma cobertura de pequenas partículas de gelo que se formam à noite no solo e nos objetos expostos quando eles resfriam-se abaixo do ponto de orvalho e quando o ponto de orvalho é inferior ao ponto de congelamento da água

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how geada appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. a geada matou as plantas no meu jardim

Synonyms

escarcha

This word in other languages

frost(English)helada(Español)Frost(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egada
  • gaeda
  • geaad
  • geadda
  • gedaa
  • ggeada

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of geada - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

egada2gaeda2geaad2geadda1gedaa2ggeada1
Edit distance from "geada"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "geada"?
"geada" is spelled G-E-A-D-A.
What does "geada" mean?
As a noun, "geada" means: uma cobertura de pequenas partículas de gelo que se formam à noite no solo e nos objetos expostos quando eles resfriam-se abaixo do ponto de orvalho e quando o ponto de orvalho é inferior ao ponto ...
What words are commonly confused with "geada"?
"geada" is commonly confused with "gema", "gear", "graça". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "geada" come from?
"geada" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "geada", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

enjoy#37,301knife#37,393Minos#37,425mitra#37,426

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

arroba6 variantsalude6 variantsÉrico6 variantsatado6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list