lixa
/ˈli.ʃɐ/
The verdict
“lixa” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #26,452. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,452
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diversas espécies de esqualos recebem este nome pela sua pele áspera e rugosa
Corpus desk
Index PT-lixa · lixa · Portuguese
lixa · rank #26,452 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,452
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH malhar
Nearest frequency peer: malhar (+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 “lixa”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- labor
labor
73,554 corpus weight
- lecionar
lecionar
73,553 corpus weight
- lixa
lixa
73,549 corpus weight
- malhar
malhar
73,546 corpus weight
- manuseio
manuseio
73,542 corpus weight
- massagista
massagista
73,539 corpus weight
What this shows “lixa” 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 | lixa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈli.ʃɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #26,452 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “lixa”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around lixa (IPA /ˈli.ʃɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,452 among 581 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for lixa, with forms such as "ilxa", "liax", and "lixxa". 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", "luta", "lula", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is lixa, spelled L-I-X-A.
Definition
- 1diversas espécies de esqualos recebem este nome pela sua pele áspera e rugosa
- 2papel com incrustações de areias ou outros materiais duros que serve para polir
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilxa
- liax
- lixxa
- llixa
- lxia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lixa - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lixa", 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).