orelhas
/oˈɾe.ʎaʃ/
The verdict
“orelhas” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,223. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,223
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 385
- “O” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural de orelha
Corpus desk
Index PT-orelhas · orelhas · Portuguese
orelhas · rank #10,223 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,223
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 385
- PHOTO-FINISH order
Nearest frequency peer: order (-1 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 “orelhas”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- minimizar
minimizar
89,788 corpus weight
- músculo
músculo
89,785 corpus weight
- neta
neta
89,781 corpus weight
- order
order
89,779 corpus weight
- orelhas
orelhas
89,778 corpus weight
- outrora
outrora
89,777 corpus weight
What this shows “orelhas” 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 | orelhas |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /oˈɾe.ʎaʃ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,223 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “orelhas”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around orelhas (IPA /oˈɾe.ʎaʃ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,223 among 385 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural de orelha".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for orelhas, with forms such as "oerlhas", "orehlas", and "orelahs". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ovelha", "orelha", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is orelhas, spelled O-R-E-L-H-A-S.
Definition
- 1plural de orelha
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oerlhas
- orehlas
- orelahs
- orelhass
- orelhhas
- orelhsa
- orellhas
- orlehas
- orrelhas
- roelhas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of orelhas - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).