talo
/ˈta.lu/
The verdict
“talo” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #32,788) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #32,788
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - caule de planta
Corpus desk
Index PT-talo · talo · Portuguese
talo · rank #32,788 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,788
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH sunrise
Nearest frequency peer: sunrise (-3 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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “talo”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- sunrise
sunrise
67,216 corpus weight
- talo
talo
67,213 corpus weight
- threat
threat
67,209 corpus weight
- thug
thug
67,208 corpus weight
- treinam
treinam
67,203 corpus weight
- tromba
tromba
67,202 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “talo” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | talo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈta.lu/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #32,788 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “talo”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for talo is neighbouring look-alikes ("to", "tão", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈta.lu/. Frequency #32,788 among 917 “T” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for talo, with forms such as "tallo", "taol", and "tlao". 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, "to", "tão", "tio", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is talo, spelled T-A-L-O.
Definition
- 1caule de planta
- 2pecíolo duro das folhas e a sua continuação como nervo maior
- 3tronco de coluna, fuste, esteio
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- tallo
- taol
- tlao
- ttalo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of talo - 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 "talo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).