sapatilha
/sɐ.pɐ.ˈti.ʎɐ/
The verdict
“sapatilha” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #32,368. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,368
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,603
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sapato próprio para bailarinas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sapatilha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɐ.pɐ.ˈti.ʎɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,368 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sapatilha” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around sapatilha (IPA /sɐ.pɐ.ˈti.ʎɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,368 among 2,603 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for sapatilha, with forms such as "aspatilha", "saaptilha", and "sapaitlha". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 sapatilha, spelled S-A-P-A-T-I-L-H-A.
Definition
- 1sapato próprio para bailarinas
- 2homossexual mulher jovem, bem moça ou de aparência bem jovial, delicada e feminina
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aspatilha
- saaptilha
- sapaitlha
- sapatihla
- sapatilah
- sapatilhha
- sapatillha
- sapatliha
- sapattilha
- sappatilha
- saptailha
- spaatilha
- ssapatilha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sapatilha - 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.
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 “sapatilha”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-A-P-A-T-I-L-H-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /sɐ.pɐ.ˈti.ʎɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.