telefonar
The verdict
“telefonar” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #29,537. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,537
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - falar com alguém pelo telefone
Corpus desk
Index PT-telefonar · telefonar · Portuguese
telefonar · rank #29,537 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,537
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH tabagismo
Nearest frequency peer: tabagismo (-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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “telefonar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- squash
squash
70,472 corpus weight
- suavidade
suavidade
70,469 corpus weight
- tabagismo
tabagismo
70,467 corpus weight
- telefonar
telefonar
70,464 corpus weight
- tool
tool
70,459 corpus weight
- und
und
70,450 corpus weight
What this shows “telefonar” 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 | telefonar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #29,537 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “telefonar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around telefonar, averb. Corpus frequency is #29,537 among 917 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for telefonar, with forms such as "etlefonar", "teelfonar", and "teleffonar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "telefone", "telefonia", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is telefonar, spelled T-E-L-E-F-O-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1falar com alguém pelo telefone
- 2realizar tentativa de comunicação com alguém por meio de ligação telefônica
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how telefonar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ela telefonou para ele, e eles se acertaram.
Eu telefono, o telefone chama e chama e a ligação cai sempre.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etlefonar
- teelfonar
- teleffonar
- telefnoar
- telefoanr
- telefonarr
- telefonnar
- telefonra
- teleofnar
- telfeonar
- tellefonar
- tleefonar
- ttelefonar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of telefonar - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "telefonar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).