pelagem
/pɨ.ˈla.ʒɐ̃j̃/
The verdict
“pelagem” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #36,578 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #36,578
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - o pelo que envolve os animais
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 | pelagem |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɨ.ˈla.ʒɐ̃j̃/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #36,578 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pelagem” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for pelagem is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɨ.ˈla.ʒɐ̃j̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #36,578 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "o pelo que envolve os animais".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for pelagem, with forms such as "eplagem", "pealgem", and "pelaegm". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "pesagem", "pilhagem", "paragem", 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 pelagem, spelled P-E-L-A-G-E-M.
Definition
- 1o pelo que envolve os animais
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eplagem,pealgem,pelaegm,pelagemm,pelaggem,pelagme,pelgaem,pellagem,pleagem,ppelagem
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pelagem - 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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Using “pelagem”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-E-L-A-G-E-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɨ.ˈla.ʒɐ̃j̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pesagem” - see the side-by-side comparison. pelagem vs pesagem
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.