orla

/ˈɔɾ.lɐ/

//ˈɔɾ.lɐ// noun

The verdict

“orla” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #11,924) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#11,924
frequency rank, Portuguese
385
“O” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - margem

Corpus desk

Index PT-orla · orla · Portuguese

orla · rank #11,924 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,924
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-MID 385
  • PHOTO-FINISH otto

Nearest frequency peer: otto (+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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “orla”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “orla” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

orla vs oro
50% similar
orla vs OVA
0% similar
orla vs ota
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for orla
PropertyValue
Headwordorla
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɔɾ.lɐ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#11,924
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “orla”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).orlacai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “otto” (#11,925), “optar” (#11,922), “paralelamente” (#11,927). Entre 385 lemas com “O”, “orla” fica em #11,924. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for orla is neighbouring look-alikes ("oro", "OVA", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈɔɾ.lɐ/. Frequency #11,924 among 385 “O” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for orla, with forms such as "olra", "orlla", and "orrla". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "oro", "OVA", "ota", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is orla, spelled O-R-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    margem
  2. 2
    beira
  3. 3
    cercadura

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • olra
  • orlla
  • orrla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of orla - 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.

olra2orlla1orrla1
Edit distance from "orla"

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 "orla"?
"orla" is spelled O-R-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɔɾ.lɐ/.
What does "orla" mean?
As a noun, "orla" means: margem
What words are commonly confused with "orla"?
"orla" is commonly confused with "oro", "OVA", "ota". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "orla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "orla" is /ˈɔɾ.lɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "orla" come from?
"orla" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "orla", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list