sílaba

/ˈsi.lɐ.bɐ/

//ˈsi.lɐ.bɐ// noun

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The verdict

“sílaba” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #37,105. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,105
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grupo de fonemas pronunciados juntos, numa única expiração:

Corpus desk

Index PT-silaba · sílaba · Portuguese

sílaba · rank #37,105 · 8 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,105
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH talco

Nearest frequency peer: talco (+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 “sílaba”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “sílaba” 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).

sílaba vs simba
50% similar
sílaba vs sílica
67% similar
sílaba vs saba
67% similar

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

Key facts for sílaba
PropertyValue
Headwordsílaba
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈsi.lɐ.bɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#37,105
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sílaba”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “talco” (#37,106), “submisso” (#37,102), “tendes” (#37,110). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sílaba” fica em #37,105. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around sílaba (IPA /ˈsi.lɐ.bɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,105 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for sílaba, with forms such as "slíaba", "ssílaba", and "síalba". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "simba", "sílica", "saba", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is sílaba, spelled S-Í-L-A-B-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    grupo de fonemas pronunciados juntos, numa única expiração:
  2. 2
    por extensão, grupo de letras que representa uma sílaba¹:
  3. 3
    qualquer som articulado

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Por outro lado, existem pessoas que não pronunciam a última sílaba das palavras em inglês, o que - isso sim - compromete a comunicação.
  2. A palavra "prática" tem três sílabas: prá-ti-ca.

Synonyms

palavra

This word in other languages

syllable(English)sílaba(Español)syllabe(Français)Silbe(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • slíaba
  • ssílaba
  • síalba
  • sílaab
  • sílabba
  • sílbaa
  • síllaba
  • íslaba

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sílaba - 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.

slíaba2ssílaba1síalba2sílaab2sílabba1sílbaa2síllaba1íslaba2
Edit distance from "sílaba"

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 "sílaba"?
"sílaba" is spelled S-Í-L-A-B-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsi.lɐ.bɐ/.
What does "sílaba" mean?
As a noun, "sílaba" means: grupo de fonemas pronunciados juntos, numa única expiração:
What words are commonly confused with "sílaba"?
"sílaba" is commonly confused with "simba", "sílica", "saba". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sílaba"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sílaba" is /ˈsi.lɐ.bɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sílaba" come from?
"sílaba" 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 "sílaba", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tendes#37,110soneto#37,099apogeu#37,185arroba#37,189

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

reply8 variantsreceção8 variantsmorgue8 variantsBelize8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list