granizo

Name: granizo, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ɡɾɐ.ˈni.zu/

//ɡɾɐ.ˈni.zu// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“granizo” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #28,220. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,220
frequency rank, Portuguese: 521
“G” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chuva cujas gotas se congelam ao atravessar uma camada de ar frio, caindo sob a forma de pedras de gelo; saraiva; chuva de pedra

Corpus desk

Index PT-granizo · granizo · Portuguese

granizo · rank #28,220 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #28,220
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 521
PHOTO-FINISH governanta

Nearest frequency peer: governanta (-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.

getting

71,785
governanta

71,782
granizo

71,781
gratificação

71,780
gravura

71,779
habitar

71,776

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

granizo vs gráfico

57% similar

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

Key facts for granizo
Property	Value
Headword	granizo
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ɡɾɐ.ˈni.zu/
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#28,220
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “granizo”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).granizocai aqui:

#28,220

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “governanta” (#28,219), “gratificação” (#28,221), “gravura” (#28,222). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “granizo” fica em #28,220. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around granizo (IPA /ɡɾɐ.ˈni.zu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,220 among 521 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "chuva cujas gotas se congelam ao atravessar uma camada de ar frio, caindo sob a forma de pedras de gelo; saraiva; chuva de pedra".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for granizo, with forms such as "garnizo", "ggranizo", and "grainzo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "gráfico", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is granizo, spelled G-R-A-N-I-Z-O.

Definition

1
chuva cujas gotas se congelam ao atravessar uma camada de ar frio, caindo sob a forma de pedras de gelo; saraiva; chuva de pedra

This word in other languages

hail(English)granizo(Español)Hagel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

garnizo
ggranizo
grainzo
granioz
granizzo
grannizo
granzio
grnaizo
grranizo
rganizo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of granizo - 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.

Edit distance from "granizo"

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 "granizo"?

"granizo" is spelled G-R-A-N-I-Z-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɡɾɐ.ˈni.zu/.

What does "granizo" mean?

As a noun, "granizo" means: chuva cujas gotas se congelam ao atravessar uma camada de ar frio, caindo sob a forma de pedras de gelo; saraiva; chuva de pedra

What words are commonly confused with "granizo"?

"granizo" is commonly confused with "gráfico". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "granizo"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "granizo" is /ɡɾɐ.ˈni.zu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "granizo" come from?

"granizo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gravura#28,222 getting#28,216 habitar#28,225 fininho#28,206

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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