pomada
/pu.ˈma.dɐ/
The verdict
“pomada” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #26,509. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,509
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mistura de gordura animal com substâncias aromáticas ou medicinais
Corpus desk
Index PT-pomada · pomada · Portuguese
pomada · rank #26,509 · 8 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,509
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pateta
Nearest frequency peer: pateta (-12 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 “pomada”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- observância
observância
73,515 corpus weight
- pateta
pateta
73,504 corpus weight
- pomada
pomada
73,492 corpus weight
- psíquico
psíquico
73,478 corpus weight
- pêlo
pêlo
73,475 corpus weight
- quartzo
quartzo
73,473 corpus weight
What this shows “pomada” 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 | pomada |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pu.ˈma.dɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #26,509 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “pomada”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around pomada (IPA /pu.ˈma.dɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,509 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "mistura de gordura animal com substâncias aromáticas ou medicinais".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pomada, with forms such as "opmada", "pmoada", and "poamda". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "pomba", "pomar", "pompa", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is pomada, spelled P-O-M-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1mistura de gordura animal com substâncias aromáticas ou medicinais
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pomada appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Publicidade de pomada que promete estreitar a vagina recebe críticas de médicos e grupos feministas no país, onde tradições e novos costumes se chocam.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opmada
- pmoada
- poamda
- pomaad
- pomadda
- pomdaa
- pommada
- ppomada
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pomada - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pomada", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).