leilão

/lɐj.ˈlɐ̃w̃/

//lɐj.ˈlɐ̃w̃// noun

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The verdict

“leilão” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,655. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,655
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - venda em hasta pública a quem oferecer maior preço

Corpus desk

Index PT-leilao · leilão · Portuguese

leilão · rank #7,655 · 7 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,655
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH lealdade

Nearest frequency peer: lealdade (-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 “leilão”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “leilão” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

leilão vs lila
50% similar
leilão vs lição
67% similar
leilão vs lesão
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for leilão
PropertyValue
Headwordleilão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/lɐj.ˈlɐ̃w̃/
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,655
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “leilão”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.leilãocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “lealdade” (#7,654), “mancha” (#7,658), “justificativa” (#7,651). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “leilão” fica em #7,655. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around leilão (IPA /lɐj.ˈlɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,655 among 581 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "venda em hasta pública a quem oferecer maior preço".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for leilão, with forms such as "elilão", "leillão", and "leiloã". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "lila", "lição", "lesão", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is leilão, spelled L-E-I-L-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    venda em hasta pública a quem oferecer maior preço

Synonyms

almoedaarremataçãohasta

This word in other languages

auction(English)subasta(Español)enchère(Français)Auktion(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elilão
  • leillão
  • leiloã
  • leiãlo
  • lelião
  • lielão
  • lleilão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of leilão - 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.

elilão2leillão1leiloã2leiãlo2lelião2lielão2lleilão1
Edit distance from "leilão"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "leilão"?
"leilão" is spelled L-E-I-L-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /lɐj.ˈlɐ̃w̃/.
What does "leilão" mean?
As a noun, "leilão" means: venda em hasta pública a quem oferecer maior preço
What words are commonly confused with "leilão"?
"leilão" is commonly confused with "lila", "lição", "lesão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "leilão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "leilão" is /lɐj.ˈlɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "leilão" come from?
"leilão" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "leilão", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mancha#7,658gelado#7,645eleger#7,632tapete#7,699

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

impor7 variantsgasto7 variantsposte7 variantsselva7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list