palhinha

/pɐ.ˈʎi.ɲɐ/

//pɐ.ˈʎi.ɲɐ// noun

The verdict

“palhinha” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #40,719. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,719
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pedaço pequeno de palha

Corpus desk

Index PT-palhinha · palhinha · Portuguese

palhinha · rank #40,719 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,719
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH panetone

Nearest frequency peer: panetone (+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 “palhinha”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “palhinha” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for palhinha
PropertyValue
Headwordpalhinha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɐ.ˈʎi.ɲɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#40,719
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “palhinha”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).palhinhacai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “panetone” (#40,720), “paraquedista” (#40,721), “originar” (#40,715). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “palhinha” fica em #40,719. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around palhinha (IPA /pɐ.ˈʎi.ɲɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,719 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for palhinha, with forms such as "aplhinha", "pahlinha", and "palhhinha". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 palhinha, spelled P-A-L-H-I-N-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    pedaço pequeno de palha
  2. 2
    palha entrançada usada em mobiliário
  3. 3
    tubo usado para chupar líquidos

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aplhinha
  • pahlinha
  • palhhinha
  • palhihna
  • palhinah
  • palhinhha
  • palhinnha
  • palhniha
  • palihnha
  • pallhinha
  • plahinha
  • ppalhinha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aplhinha2pahlinha2palhhinha1palhihna2palhinah2palhinhha1palhinnha1palhniha2
Edit distance from "palhinha"

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 "palhinha"?
"palhinha" is spelled P-A-L-H-I-N-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is /pɐ.ˈʎi.ɲɐ/.
What does "palhinha" mean?
As a noun, "palhinha" means: pedaço pequeno de palha
What are common misspellings of "palhinha"?
Common misspellings include "aplhinha", "pahlinha", "palhhinha", "palhihna", "palhinah". The correct spelling is "palhinha".
How do you pronounce "palhinha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "palhinha" is /pɐ.ˈʎi.ɲɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "palhinha" come from?
"palhinha" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list