olheiro
The verdict
“olheiro” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #46,474. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,474
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 846
- “O” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - o que olha por alguma coisa
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | olheiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #46,474 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “olheiro” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around olheiro, anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,474 among 846 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is olheiro, spelled O-L-H-E-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1o que olha por alguma coisa
- 2quem tem a obrigação de vigiar certos trabalhos
- 3informador; inquisidor
- 4observador a quem nada escapa; quem tudo vê
- 5sítio donde brota a água do solo
- 6nascente de água
- 7cachão
- 8terreno pantanoso no meio de terras secas
- 9curioso; bisbilhoteiro; metediço
- 10nome vulgar da toca de entrada da paca
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- loheiro
- ohleiro
- olehiro
- olheior
- olheirro
- olherio
- olhheiro
- olhiero
- ollheiro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of olheiro - 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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Using “olheiro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-L-H-E-I-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.