palha
/ˈpa.ʎɐ/
The verdict
“palha” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,083. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,083
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fraco ou ruim
Corpus desk
Index PT-palha · palha · Portuguese
palha · rank #9,083 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,083
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pastoral
Nearest frequency peer: pastoral (+2 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 “palha”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- medicamento
medicamento
90,923 corpus weight
- nascidos
nascidos
90,922 corpus weight
- palha
palha
90,918 corpus weight
- pastoral
pastoral
90,916 corpus weight
- pecuária
pecuária
90,915 corpus weight
- pesar
pesar
90,913 corpus weight
What this shows “palha” 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 | palha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpa.ʎɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #9,083 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “palha”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around palha (IPA /ˈpa.ʎɐ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,083 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "fraco ou ruim".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for palha, with forms such as "aplha", "pahla", and "palah". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "para", "papa", "pata", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is palha, spelled P-A-L-H-A.
Definition
- 1fraco ou ruim
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aplha
- pahla
- palah
- palhha
- pallha
- plaha
- ppalha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of palha - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "palha", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).