túnel
The verdict
“túnel” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #6,720 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,720
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: galeria subterrânea usada como via de comunicação
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | túnel |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #6,720 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “túnel” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for túnel is 5 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #6,720 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "galeria subterrânea usada como via de comunicação".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for túnel, with forms such as "tnúel", "ttúnel", and "túenl". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "turnê", "tutela", "tune", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is túnel, spelled T-Ú-N-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1galeria subterrânea usada como via de comunicação
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: tnúel,ttúnel,túenl,túnell,túnle,túnnel,útnel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of túnel — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "túnel"
Frequency rank: #6,720 in Portuguese
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Using “túnel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-Ú-N-E-L — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “turnê” — see the side-by-side comparison. túnel vs turnê
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Nearby Portuguese words
Other entries that begin with the letter T in our Portuguese index: