olheiro

noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,474

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

olheiro is aPortuguesenoun. It means: o que olha por alguma coisa

Key facts for olheiro
PropertyValue
Headwordolheiro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#46,474
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of olheiro in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for olheiro is 7 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #46,474 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for olheiro, with forms such as "loheiro", "ohleiro", and "olehiro". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is olheiro, spelled O-L-H-E-I-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    o que olha por alguma coisa
  2. 2
    quem tem a obrigação de vigiar certos trabalhos
  3. 3
    informador; inquisidor
  4. 4
    observador a quem nada escapa; quem tudo vê
  5. 5
    sítio donde brota a água do solo
  6. 6
    nascente de água
  7. 7
    cachão
  8. 8
    terreno pantanoso no meio de terras secas
  9. 9
    curioso; bisbilhoteiro; metediço
  10. 10
    nome vulgar da toca de entrada da paca

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: loheiro,ohleiro,olehiro,olheior,olheirro,olherio,olhheiro,olhiero,ollheiro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for olheiro

Misspelling Variants of "olheiro"

loheiro7ohleiro7olehiro7olheior7olheirro8olherio7olhheiro8olhiero7
Misspelling Variants of "olheiro"

Frequency rank: #46,474 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "olheiro"?
"olheiro" is spelled O-L-H-E-I-R-O.
What does "olheiro" mean?
As a noun, "olheiro" means: o que olha por alguma coisa
What are common misspellings of "olheiro"?
Common misspellings include "loheiro", "ohleiro", "olehiro", "olheior", "olheirro". The correct spelling is "olheiro".
What language does "olheiro" come from?
"olheiro" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter O in our Portuguese index:

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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.