orelha
/oˈɾe.ʎə/
The verdict
“orelha” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,058. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,058
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 846
- “O” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - parte exterior do ouvido; por extensão ouvido
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 | orelha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /oˈɾe.ʎə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,058 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “orelha” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around orelha (IPA /oˈɾe.ʎə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,058 among 846 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for orelha, with forms such as "oerlha", "orehla", and "orelah". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "orla", "ovelha", "orelhas", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is orelha, spelled O-R-E-L-H-A.
Definition
- 1parte exterior do ouvido; por extensão ouvido
- 2órgão responsável pelo sentido da audição
- 3aba da capa ou sobrecapa de um livro
- 4dobra não pretendida que se forma na ponta de folha de material encadernado
- 5o mesmo que vírgula
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: oerlha,orehla,orelah,orelhha,orellha,orleha,orrelha,roelha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of orelha - 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 “orelha”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-R-E-L-H-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /oˈɾe.ʎə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “orla” - see the side-by-side comparison. orelha vs orla
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.