selo
/ˈse.lʊ/
The verdict
“selo” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #5,354 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,354
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pequeno objeto de metal (placa, coluna, anel) usados como assinatura do proprietário para selar e autenticar documentos e cartas
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 | selo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈse.lʊ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #5,354 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “selo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for selo is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈse.lʊ/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,354 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for selo, with forms such as "eslo", "sello", and "seol". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "só", "ser", "seu", 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 selo, spelled S-E-L-O.
Definition
- 1pequeno objeto de metal (placa, coluna, anel) usados como assinatura do proprietário para selar e autenticar documentos e cartas
- 2marca ou sinal feito com esse objeto
- 3pequena etiqueta gomada que se coloca em envios postais para pagar o valor do transporte
- 4marca oficial que indica a genuinidade de um produto
- 5marca registrada de alguns produtos
- 6empresa que fabrica, comercializa e divulga gravações de áudio em diversos formatos
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eslo,sello,seol,sleo,sselo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of selo - 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 “selo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-E-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈse.lʊ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “só” - see the side-by-side comparison. selo vs só
- 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.