Somália
The verdict
“Somália” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #12,150 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,150
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - país da África, em que o somali é a língua oficial; nome oficial: الصومال
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Somália |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,150 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Somália” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Somália is 7 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #12,150 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "país da África, em que o somali é a língua oficial; nome oficial: الصومال".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Somália, with forms such as "osmália", "smoália", and "somláia". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Somália, spelled S-O-M-Á-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1país da África, em que o somali é a língua oficial; nome oficial: الصومال
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: osmália,smoália,somláia,sommália,somáila,somálai,somállia,soámlia,ssomália
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Somália - 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 “Somália”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-O-M-Á-L-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- 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.