girassol
/ʒi.ɾɐˈsɔw/
The verdict
“girassol” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #22,998 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #22,998
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - planta da família das asteráceas ou compostas, oriunda do Peru, de cujas sementes comestíveis se extrai um óleo alimentar
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | girassol |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʒi.ɾɐˈsɔw/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #22,998 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “girassol” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for girassol is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʒi.ɾɐˈsɔw/. Corpus data places it at rank #22,998 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "planta da família das asteráceas ou compostas, oriunda do Peru, de cujas sementes comestíveis se extrai um óleo alimentar".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for girassol, with forms such as "ggirassol", "giarssol", and "girasol". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is girassol, spelled G-I-R-A-S-S-O-L.
Definition
- 1planta da família das asteráceas ou compostas, oriunda do Peru, de cujas sementes comestíveis se extrai um óleo alimentar
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ggirassol,giarssol,girasol,girasosl,girasslo,girassoll,girrassol,girsasol,griassol,igrassol
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of girassol - 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 “girassol”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-I-R-A-S-S-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʒi.ɾɐˈsɔw/ (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
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.