varíola
/vɐ.ˈɾi.u.lɐ/
The verdict
“varíola” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #28,414. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,414
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - doença contagiosa aguda (oficialmente declarada extinta do planeta na década de 1970), de origem viral, caracterizada por febre, dor no corpo, vômitos e lesões cutâneas
Corpus desk
Index PT-variola · varíola · Portuguese
varíola · rank #28,414 · 9 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,414
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH validar
Nearest frequency peer: validar (-1 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 “varíola”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- unitário
unitário
71,591 corpus weight
- validar
validar
71,588 corpus weight
- varíola
varíola
71,587 corpus weight
- vigoroso
vigoroso
71,584 corpus weight
- visionário
visionário
71,583 corpus weight
- áspero
áspero
71,577 corpus weight
What this shows “varíola” 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 | varíola |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /vɐ.ˈɾi.u.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #28,414 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “varíola”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around varíola (IPA /vɐ.ˈɾi.u.lɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,414 among 501 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "doença contagiosa aguda (oficialmente declarada extinta do planeta na década de 1970), de origem viral, caracterizada por febre, dor no corpo, vômitos e lesões cutâneas".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for varíola, with forms such as "avríola", "varoíla", and "varríola". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "viola", "vários", "varela", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is varíola, spelled V-A-R-Í-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1doença contagiosa aguda (oficialmente declarada extinta do planeta na década de 1970), de origem viral, caracterizada por febre, dor no corpo, vômitos e lesões cutâneas
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- avríola
- varoíla
- varríola
- varíloa
- varíoal
- varíolla
- vaírola
- vraíola
- vvaríola
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of varíola - 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 "varíola", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).