parábola

noun

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The verdict

“parábola” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #25,078. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,078
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espécie do alegoria, ou comparação de objetos remotamente relacionados, contendo geralmente preceito ou doutrina moral

Corpus desk

Index PT-parabola · parábola · Portuguese

parábola · rank #25,078 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,078
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH paranormal

Nearest frequency peer: paranormal (-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 “parábola”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “parábola” 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 parábola
PropertyValue
Headwordparábola
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#25,078
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “parábola”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).parábolacai 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 “paranormal” (#25,077), “patriarcado” (#25,080), “orçamental” (#25,071). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “parábola” fica em #25,078. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around parábola, anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,078 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for parábola, with forms such as "aprábola", "parbáola", and "parrábola". 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, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is parábola, spelled P-A-R-Á-B-O-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    espécie do alegoria, ou comparação de objetos remotamente relacionados, contendo geralmente preceito ou doutrina moral
  2. 2
    curva plana cujos pontos distam igualmente de um ponto fixo e de uma reta fixa
  3. 3
    dobadoira dobrada, isto é, com duas ordens de travessas, cruzadas

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how parábola appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A parábola do filho pródigo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprábola
  • parbáola
  • parrábola
  • parábbola
  • parábloa
  • paráboal
  • parábolla
  • paráobla
  • paárbola
  • pparábola
  • praábola

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aprábola2parbáola2parrábola1parábbola1parábloa2paráboal2parábolla1paráobla2
Edit distance from "parábola"

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 "parábola"?
"parábola" is spelled P-A-R-Á-B-O-L-A.
What does "parábola" mean?
As a noun, "parábola" means: espécie do alegoria, ou comparação de objetos remotamente relacionados, contendo geralmente preceito ou doutrina moral
What are common misspellings of "parábola"?
Common misspellings include "aprábola", "parbáola", "parrábola", "parábbola", "parábloa". The correct spelling is "parábola".
What language does "parábola" come from?
"parábola" 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 "parábola", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

benéfico11 variantsdarkness11 variantscurativo11 variantsbrindar11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list