guerrilha
/ɡɨ.ˈRi.ʎɐ/
The verdict
“guerrilha” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,888. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,888
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,241
- “G” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pequeno corpo irregular de guerreiros voluntários, que atacam em emboscada.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guerrilha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡɨ.ˈRi.ʎɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #11,888 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “guerrilha” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around guerrilha (IPA /ɡɨ.ˈRi.ʎɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,888 among 1,241 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "pequeno corpo irregular de guerreiros voluntários, que atacam em emboscada.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for guerrilha, with forms such as "geurrilha", "gguerrilha", and "guerilha". 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, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is guerrilha, spelled G-U-E-R-R-I-L-H-A.
Definition
- 1pequeno corpo irregular de guerreiros voluntários, que atacam em emboscada.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- geurrilha
- gguerrilha
- guerilha
- guerirlha
- guerrihla
- guerrilah
- guerrilhha
- guerrillha
- guerrliha
- gurerilha
- ugerrilha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of guerrilha - 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 “guerrilha”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-U-E-R-R-I-L-H-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɡɨ.ˈRi.ʎɐ/ (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.