lençol
/lẽ.ˈsɔɫ/
The verdict
“lençol” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,930. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,930
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tipo de roupa de cama
Corpus desk
Index PT-lencol · lençol · Portuguese
lençol · rank #12,930 · 8 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,930
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH lendário
Nearest frequency peer: lendário (-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 “lençol”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- largada
largada
87,073 corpus weight
- lendário
lendário
87,072 corpus weight
- lençol
lençol
87,071 corpus weight
- louça
louça
87,068 corpus weight
- lucky
lucky
87,067 corpus weight
- lunar
lunar
87,066 corpus weight
What this shows “lençol” 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 | lençol |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /lẽ.ˈsɔɫ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #12,930 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “lençol”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around lençol (IPA /lẽ.ˈsɔɫ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,930 among 581 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for lençol, with forms such as "elnçol", "lennçol", and "lenoçl". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "lento", "lenço", "lençóis", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is lençol, spelled L-E-N-Ç-O-L.
Definition
- 1tipo de roupa de cama
- 2lance em que o jogador passa a bola por cima de seu oponente
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elnçol
- lennçol
- lenoçl
- lençlo
- lençoll
- leçnol
- llençol
- lneçol
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lençol - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).