olhadela

noun

The verdict

“olhadela” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,655 among 846 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,655
frequency rank, Portuguese
846
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato de um rápido olhar, espiadela

Key facts for olhadela
PropertyValue
Headwordolhadela
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#72,655
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “olhadela” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). olhadela lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

olhadela is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,655 among 846 “O” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ato de um rápido olhar, espiadela".

olhadela has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is olhadela, spelled O-L-H-A-D-E-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de um rápido olhar, espiadela

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "olhadela"?
"olhadela" is spelled O-L-H-A-D-E-L-A.
What does "olhadela" mean?
As a noun, "olhadela" means: ato de um rápido olhar, espiadela
What language does "olhadela" come from?
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Using “olhadela”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-L-H-A-D-E-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list