soalho

/ˈswa.ʎu/

//ˈswa.ʎu// noun

The verdict

“soalho” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,639 among 2,603 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,639
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,603
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pavimento de madeira

Key facts for soalho
PropertyValue
Headwordsoalho
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈswa.ʎu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,639
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “soalho” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). soalho lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

soalho is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,639 among 2,603 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈswa.ʎu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for soalho in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is soalho, spelled S-O-A-L-H-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    pavimento de madeira
  2. 2
    sobrado

Synonyms

assoalho

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 "soalho"?
"soalho" is spelled S-O-A-L-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈswa.ʎu/.
What does "soalho" mean?
As a noun, "soalho" means: pavimento de madeira
How do you pronounce "soalho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soalho" is /ˈswa.ʎu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soalho" come from?
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Using “soalho”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-O-A-L-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ˈswa.ʎu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list