válvula
The verdict
“válvula” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,997. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,997
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,073
- “V” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aparato que permite a passagem de líquidos ou gases por uma abertura em uma só direção
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | válvula |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,997 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “válvula” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around válvula, anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,997 among 1,073 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for válvula, with forms such as "vlávula", "vválvula", and "vállvula". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is válvula, spelled V-Á-L-V-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1aparato que permite a passagem de líquidos ou gases por uma abertura em uma só direção
- 2uma estrutura semelhante no corpo dos animais
- 3um tipo de componente eletrônico encontrado em rádios e televisões antigos
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- vlávula
- vválvula
- vállvula
- váluvla
- válvlua
- válvual
- válvulla
- válvvula
- vávlula
- ávlvula
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of válvula - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “válvula”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is V-Á-L-V-U-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.