lenha
/ˈlɐj.ɲɐ/
The verdict
“lenha” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,743. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,743
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - qualquer pedaço de madeira utilizado como combustível
Corpus desk
Index PT-lenha · lenha · Portuguese
lenha · rank #10,743 · 7 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,743
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH joy
Nearest frequency peer: joy (-2 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 “lenha”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- hulk
hulk
89,265 corpus weight
- internamente
internamente
89,263 corpus weight
- joy
joy
89,260 corpus weight
- lenha
lenha
89,258 corpus weight
- logotipo
logotipo
89,255 corpus weight
- Lorenzo
Lorenzo
89,254 corpus weight
What this shows “lenha” 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 | lenha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɐj.ɲɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #10,743 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “lenha”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around lenha (IPA /ˈlɐj.ɲɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,743 among 581 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "qualquer pedaço de madeira utilizado como combustível".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for lenha, with forms such as "elnha", "lehna", and "lenah". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "leva", "luna", "linha", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is lenha, spelled L-E-N-H-A.
Definition
- 1qualquer pedaço de madeira utilizado como combustível
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elnha
- lehna
- lenah
- lenhha
- lennha
- llenha
- lneha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lenha - 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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).