talão
/tɐ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“talão” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #44,612. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,612
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bloco de folhas destacáveis
Corpus desk
Index PT-talao · talão · Portuguese
talão · rank #44,612 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,612
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH suástica
Nearest frequency peer: suástica (-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 “talão”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- subject
subject
55,394 corpus weight
- suástica
suástica
55,390 corpus weight
- talão
talão
55,389 corpus weight
- terminação
terminação
55,387 corpus weight
- titio
titio
55,383 corpus weight
- tombar
tombar
55,382 corpus weight
What this shows “talão” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | talão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɐ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #44,612 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “talão”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around talão (IPA /tɐ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,612 among 917 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for talão, with forms such as "atlão", "tallão", and "taloã". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tão", "taxa", "tela", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is talão, spelled T-A-L-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1bloco de folhas destacáveis
- 2calcanhar de homem e de certos animais
- 3a parte terceira do calçado
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atlão
- tallão
- taloã
- taãlo
- tlaão
- ttalão
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of talão - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "talão", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).