panela
/pɐ.ˈnɛ.lɐ/
The verdict
“panela” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,315. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,315
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vasilha de barro ou de metal para cozer alimentos
Corpus desk
Index PT-panela · panela · Portuguese
panela · rank #7,315 · 8 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,315
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH petição
Nearest frequency peer: petição (+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 “panela”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- legalmente
legalmente
92,696 corpus weight
- maçã
maçã
92,692 corpus weight
- money
money
92,691 corpus weight
- panela
panela
92,686 corpus weight
- petição
petição
92,684 corpus weight
- porcaria
porcaria
92,681 corpus weight
What this shows “panela” 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 | panela |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɐ.ˈnɛ.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,315 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “panela”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around panela (IPA /pɐ.ˈnɛ.lɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,315 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for panela, with forms such as "apnela", "paenla", and "paneal". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "papel", "pateta", "planeta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is panela, spelled P-A-N-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1vasilha de barro ou de metal para cozer alimentos
- 2respiração ruidosa dos doentes
- 3conluio; panelinha
- 4prática própria de feitiçaria, feitiço
- 5nádegas; bunda; bumbum
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how panela appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ele ficou doente depois que foi atingido por uma panela.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apnela
- paenla
- paneal
- panella
- panlea
- pannela
- pnaela
- ppanela
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of panela - 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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).