handebol
The verdict
“handebol” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #12,075 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,075
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - desporto coletivo, praticado de forma semelhante ao futsal, porém com mais jogadores e com as mãos
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | handebol |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,075 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “handebol” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for handebol is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #12,075 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "desporto coletivo, praticado de forma semelhante ao futsal, porém com mais jogadores e com as mãos".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for handebol, with forms such as "ahndebol", "hadnebol", and "handbeol". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is handebol, spelled H-A-N-D-E-B-O-L.
Definition
- 1desporto coletivo, praticado de forma semelhante ao futsal, porém com mais jogadores e com as mãos
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ahndebol,hadnebol,handbeol,handdebol,handebbol,handeblo,handeboll,handeobl,hanedbol,hanndebol,hhandebol,hnadebol
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of handebol - 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 “handebol”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-A-N-D-E-B-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.