lâmpada
/ˈlɐ̃.pɐ.dɐ/
The verdict
“lâmpada” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,553. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,553
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,251
- “L” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - vaso em que arde uma luz alimentada a óleo
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 | lâmpada |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɐ̃.pɐ.dɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,553 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lâmpada” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around lâmpada (IPA /ˈlɐ̃.pɐ.dɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,553 among 1,251 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for lâmpada, with forms such as "llâmpada", "lmâpada", and "lâmapda". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "largada", "lombada", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is lâmpada, spelled L-Â-M-P-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1vaso em que arde uma luz alimentada a óleo
- 2fonte de luz artificial produzida por combustão
- 3fonte de luz artificial produzida eletricamente por incandescência de um filamento, por descarga num gás rarefeito ou por fluorescência
- 4lampião
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- llâmpada
- lmâpada
- lâmapda
- lâmmpada
- lâmpaad
- lâmpadda
- lâmpdaa
- lâmppada
- lâpmada
- âlmpada
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lâmpada - 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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Using “lâmpada”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-Â-M-P-A-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈlɐ̃.pɐ.dɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “largada” - see the side-by-side comparison. lâmpada vs largada
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.