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
- 1,073
- “V” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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
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) |
Where “varíola” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around varíola (IPA /vɐ.ˈɾi.u.lɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,414 among 1,073 “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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Using “varíola”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is V-A-R-Í-O-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /vɐ.ˈɾi.u.lɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “viola” - see the side-by-side comparison. varíola vs viola
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.