grelha
/ˈɡɾɐj.ʎɐ/
The verdict
“grelha” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #18,607. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,607
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espécie de pequena grade de ferro, em que se assam ou torram substâncias comestíveis
Corpus desk
Index PT-grelha · grelha · Portuguese
grelha · rank #18,607 · 9 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,607
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH gratificante
Nearest frequency peer: gratificante (-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 “grelha”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- Form
Form
81,402 corpus weight
- Formosa
Formosa
81,401 corpus weight
- gelatina
gelatina
81,396 corpus weight
- gratificante
gratificante
81,395 corpus weight
- grelha
grelha
81,394 corpus weight
- gêmeo
gêmeo
81,392 corpus weight
What this shows “grelha” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grelha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɾɐj.ʎɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #18,607 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “grelha”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around grelha (IPA /ˈɡɾɐj.ʎɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,607 among 521 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for grelha, with forms such as "gerlha", "ggrelha", and "grehla". 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. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "grelhado", "groselha", "gralha", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is grelha, spelled G-R-E-L-H-A.
Definition
- 1espécie de pequena grade de ferro, em que se assam ou torram substâncias comestíveis
- 2objeto análogo, sobre que se acende o carvão nos fogareiros, fornalhas, etc
- 3antigo instrumento de suplício
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how grelha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A administração do estabelecimento decidiu não abrir as portas. O protesto, então, foi realizado na calçada, com direito a baile funk e churrasco numa grelha improvisada.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gerlha
- ggrelha
- grehla
- grelah
- grelhha
- grellha
- grleha
- grrelha
- rgelha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grelha - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grelha", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).