olfato
/ɔɫ.ˈfa.tu/
The verdict
“olfato” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #27,953. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,953
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 385
- “O” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - um dos cinco sentidos, a percepção de cheiros viabilizado pelo nariz
Corpus desk
Index PT-olfato · olfato · Portuguese
olfato · rank #27,953 · 8 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,953
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 385
- PHOTO-FINISH oco
Nearest frequency peer: oco (-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 “olfato”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- nutricionis…
nutricionista
72,054 corpus weight
- obsessivo
obsessivo
72,051 corpus weight
- oco
oco
72,050 corpus weight
- olfato
olfato
72,048 corpus weight
- oprimido
oprimido
72,045 corpus weight
- Ost
Ost
72,043 corpus weight
What this shows “olfato” 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 | olfato |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɔɫ.ˈfa.tu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #27,953 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “olfato”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around olfato (IPA /ɔɫ.ˈfa.tu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,953 among 385 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for olfato, with forms such as "lofato", "oflato", and "olafto". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "órfão", "olhado", "Olavo", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is olfato, spelled O-L-F-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1um dos cinco sentidos, a percepção de cheiros viabilizado pelo nariz
- 2olfação
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lofato
- oflato
- olafto
- olfaot
- olfatto
- olffato
- olftao
- ollfato
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of olfato - 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 "olfato", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).