lipa
The verdict
“lipa” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #34,787. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,787
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tília, árvore do gênero Tilia:
Corpus desk
Index PT-lipa · lipa · Portuguese
lipa · rank #34,787 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,787
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH ligamento
Nearest frequency peer: ligamento (-3 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 “lipa”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- join
join
65,223 corpus weight
- ligamento
ligamento
65,217 corpus weight
- lipa
lipa
65,214 corpus weight
- lui
lui
65,211 corpus weight
- lástima
lástima
65,207 corpus weight
- mango
mango
65,202 corpus weight
What this shows “lipa” 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 | lipa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #34,787 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “lipa”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around lipa, anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,787 among 581 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for lipa, with forms such as "ilpa", "liap", and "lippa". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lua", "lit", "luta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is lipa, spelled L-I-P-A.
Definition
- 1tília, árvore do gênero Tilia:
- 2chá feito das folhas de uma tília
- 3mentira:
- 4algo de péssima qualidade, mal fabricado
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lipa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Napar z lipy jest skutecznym środkiem w leczeniu grypy i przeziębienia.
Ten katalog to jakaś lipa, nie kupuj nic w tym sklepie.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilpa
- liap
- lippa
- llipa
- lpia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lipa - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lipa", 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).