ilha
/ˈi.ʎɐ/
The verdict
“ilha” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,012. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,012
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - porção de terra emersa cercada de água
Corpus desk
Index PT-ilha · ilha · Portuguese
ilha · rank #1,012 · 5 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,012
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH França
Nearest frequency peer: França (-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 “ilha”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- escrever
escrever
98,992 corpus weight
- França
França
98,990 corpus weight
- ilha
ilha
98,989 corpus weight
- marca
marca
98,988 corpus weight
- medida
medida
98,987 corpus weight
- menina
menina
98,986 corpus weight
What this shows “ilha” 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 | ilha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈi.ʎɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,012 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “ilha”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around ilha (IPA /ˈi.ʎɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,012 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for ilha, with forms such as "ihla", "ilah", and "ilhha". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "ira", "IVA", "ill", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is ilha, spelled I-L-H-A.
Definition
- 1porção de terra emersa cercada de água
- 2grupo de casas pobres
- 3pessoa que está isolada na defesa de uma ideia
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ihla
- ilah
- ilhha
- illha
- liha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ilha - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "ilha", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).