sanfona

noun

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The verdict

“sanfona” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #37,519. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,519
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - instrumento musical aerófono composto por um fole, um diapasão e duas caixas harmônicas de madeira

Corpus desk

Index PT-sanfona · sanfona · Portuguese

sanfona · rank #37,519 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #37,519
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH santinho

Nearest frequency peer: santinho (+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 “sanfona”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “sanfona” 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).

sanfona vs sinfonia
75% similar

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

Key facts for sanfona
PropertyValue
Headwordsanfona
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,519
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sanfona”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.sanfonacai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “santinho” (#37,520), “select” (#37,523), “sexista” (#37,526). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sanfona” fica em #37,519. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around sanfona, anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,519 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for sanfona, with forms such as "asnfona", "safnona", and "sanffona". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sinfonia", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is sanfona, spelled S-A-N-F-O-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    instrumento musical aerófono composto por um fole, um diapasão e duas caixas harmônicas de madeira
  2. 2
    viela de roda

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ao som de banda de pífanos e sanfona, integrantes do MST dançaram forró e quadrilha.

Synonyms

acordeão

This word in other languages

accordion(English)acordeón(Español)accordéon(Français)Ziehharmonika(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asnfona
  • safnona
  • sanffona
  • sanfnoa
  • sanfoan
  • sanfonna
  • sannfona
  • sanofna
  • snafona
  • ssanfona

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asnfona2safnona2sanffona1sanfnoa2sanfoan2sanfonna1sannfona1sanofna2
Edit distance from "sanfona"

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 "sanfona"?
"sanfona" is spelled S-A-N-F-O-N-A.
What does "sanfona" mean?
As a noun, "sanfona" means: instrumento musical aerófono composto por um fole, um diapasão e duas caixas harmônicas de madeira
What words are commonly confused with "sanfona"?
"sanfona" is commonly confused with "sinfonia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "sanfona" come from?
"sanfona" 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 "sanfona", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sexista#37,526súplica#37,543torrado#37,555protect#37,480

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

reinício10 variantsvistoso10 variantsmassacrar10 variantsanuência10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list