patrulha

/pɐ.ˈtɾu.ʎɐ/

//pɐ.ˈtɾu.ʎɐ// noun

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The verdict

“patrulha” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,662. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,662
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - formação organizacional com objetivo bélico

Corpus desk

Index PT-patrulha · patrulha · Portuguese

patrulha · rank #8,662 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,662
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH plenamente

Nearest frequency peer: plenamente (+4 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 “patrulha”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “patrulha” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

patrulha vs patrulhar
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for patrulha
PropertyValue
Headwordpatrulha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɐ.ˈtɾu.ʎɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,662
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “patrulha”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “plenamente” (#8,666), “obrigar” (#8,657), “preliminar” (#8,669). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “patrulha” fica em #8,662. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around patrulha (IPA /pɐ.ˈtɾu.ʎɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,662 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for patrulha, with forms such as "aptrulha", "partulha", and "patrluha". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "patrulhar", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is patrulha, spelled P-A-T-R-U-L-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    formação organizacional com objetivo bélico
  2. 2
    ronda de soldados
  3. 3
    grupo de pessoas que andam a passo, como as rondas
  4. 4
    pequeno agrupamento político
  5. 5
    bando de vadios, súcia

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aptrulha
  • partulha
  • patrluha
  • patrrulha
  • patruhla
  • patrulah
  • patrulhha
  • patrullha
  • pattrulha
  • paturlha
  • ppatrulha
  • ptarulha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of patrulha - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aptrulha2partulha2patrluha2patrrulha1patruhla2patrulah2patrulhha1patrullha1
Edit distance from "patrulha"

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 "patrulha"?
"patrulha" is spelled P-A-T-R-U-L-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is /pɐ.ˈtɾu.ʎɐ/.
What does "patrulha" mean?
As a noun, "patrulha" means: formação organizacional com objetivo bélico
What words are commonly confused with "patrulha"?
"patrulha" is commonly confused with "patrulhar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "patrulha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patrulha" is /pɐ.ˈtɾu.ʎɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "patrulha" come from?
"patrulha" 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 "patrulha", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

realista#8,675manchete#8,646filósofo#8,625tremendo#8,701

Similar misspelling depth

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

exemplar12 variantscachoeira12 variantscondutor12 variantscantores12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list