nabo
/ˈna.bu/
The verdict
“nabo” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #38,387. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,387
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 360
- “N” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - planta herbácea da espécie Brassica rapa, de raiz carnuda, branca, arredondada ou pontiaguda com variedades muito cultivadas para a alimentação
Corpus desk
Index PT-nabo · nabo · Portuguese
nabo · rank #38,387 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,387
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 360
- PHOTO-FINISH necrose
Nearest frequency peer: necrose (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “nabo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- minado
minado
61,626 corpus weight
- monogamia
monogamia
61,623 corpus weight
- monção
monção
61,619 corpus weight
- nabo
nabo
61,614 corpus weight
- necrose
necrose
61,611 corpus weight
- numeroso
numeroso
61,601 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “nabo” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | nabo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈna.bu/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #38,387 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nabo” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around nabo (IPA /ˈna.bu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,387 among 360 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for nabo, with forms such as "anbo", "nabbo", and "naob". 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, "no", "não", "nas", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is nabo, spelled N-A-B-O.
Definition
- 1planta herbácea da espécie Brassica rapa, de raiz carnuda, branca, arredondada ou pontiaguda com variedades muito cultivadas para a alimentação
- 2o tubérculo dessa planta, também conhecido por cabeça de nabo
- 3pessoa estúpida, ignorante
- 4genitália masculina
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anbo
- nabbo
- naob
- nbao
- nnabo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nabo - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nabo", 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).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.