glândula
/ˈgłɜ̃dułɜ/
The verdict
“glândula” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,344. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,344
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,241
- “G” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - órgão que produz uma secreção
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glândula |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈgłɜ̃dułɜ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #23,344 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “glândula” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around glândula (IPA /ˈgłɜ̃dułɜ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,344 among 1,241 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for glândula, with forms such as "gglândula", "gllândula", and "glnâdula". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 glândula, spelled G-L-Â-N-D-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1órgão que produz uma secreção
- 2estrutura que produz secreção na superfície de um órgão
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gglândula
- gllândula
- glnâdula
- glâdnula
- glânddula
- glândlua
- glândual
- glândulla
- glânndula
- glânudla
- gâlndula
- lgândula
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of glândula - 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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Using “glândula”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-L-Â-N-D-U-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈgłɜ̃dułɜ/ (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.