paelha
/pɐ.ˈɐj.ʎɐ/
The verdict
“paelha” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - prato típico espanhol
Corpus desk
Index PT-paelha · paelha · Portuguese
paelha · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paelha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɐ.ˈɐj.ʎɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “paelha” em português
Rare enough to double-check
paelha is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɐ.ˈɐj.ʎɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "prato típico espanhol".
No generated misspelling entries exist for paelha in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 paelha, spelled P-A-E-L-H-A.
Definition
- 1prato típico espanhol
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.