valo
/ˈva.lʊ/
The verdict
“valo” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #60,078 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #60,078
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - indivíduo dos valos, povo antigo que habitava a Sarmácia asiática
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | valo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈva.lʊ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #60,078 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “valo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for valo is 4 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈva.lʊ/. Corpus data places it at rank #60,078 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "indivíduo dos valos, povo antigo que habitava a Sarmácia asiática".
No misspelling variants are generated for valo in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is valo, spelled V-A-L-O.
Definition
- 1indivíduo dos valos, povo antigo que habitava a Sarmácia asiática
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 “valo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is V-A-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈva.lʊ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.