glacial
/ɡlɐ.ˈsjaɫ/
The verdict
“glacial” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #36,475. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,475
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gelado
Corpus desk
Index PT-glacial · glacial · Portuguese
glacial · rank #36,475 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,475
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH giratório
Nearest frequency peer: giratório (-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 “glacial”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- gafe
gafe
63,534 corpus weight
- Garage
Garage
63,533 corpus weight
- gasoduto
gasoduto
63,531 corpus weight
- gem
gem
63,529 corpus weight
- giratório
giratório
63,527 corpus weight
- glacial
glacial
63,526 corpus weight
What this shows “glacial” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glacial |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɡlɐ.ˈsjaɫ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #36,475 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “glacial”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around glacial (IPA /ɡlɐ.ˈsjaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #36,475 among 521 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for glacial, with forms such as "galcial", "gglacial", and "glacail". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is glacial, spelled G-L-A-C-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1gelado
- 2relativo a gelo
- 3muito frio
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- galcial
- gglacial
- glacail
- glaccial
- glaciall
- glacila
- glaical
- glcaial
- gllacial
- lgacial
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of glacial - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).