vaselina
The verdict
“vaselina” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #37,130. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,130
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - esquivo em não tomar uma posição e/ou emitir uma opinião que comprometa a si ao assumir apoio ou linha em concordância com algum lado ou parte de uma contenda, disputa, entrevero ou discussão quand...
Corpus desk
Index PT-vaselina · vaselina · Portuguese
vaselina · rank #37,130 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,130
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH vasilha
Nearest frequency peer: vasilha (+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 “vaselina”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- tendes
tendes
62,891 corpus weight
- totó
totó
62,889 corpus weight
- trigonometr…
trigonometria
62,882 corpus weight
- ultrajante
ultrajante
62,878 corpus weight
- vaselina
vaselina
62,871 corpus weight
- vasilha
vasilha
62,870 corpus weight
What this shows “vaselina” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vaselina |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #37,130 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “vaselina”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around vaselina, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #37,130 among 501 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "esquivo em não tomar uma posição e/ou emitir uma opinião que comprometa a si ao assumir apoio ou linha em concordância com algum lado ou parte de uma contenda, disputa, entrevero ou discussão quand...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for vaselina, with forms such as "avselina", "vaeslina", and "vaseilna". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is vaselina, spelled V-A-S-E-L-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1esquivo em não tomar uma posição e/ou emitir uma opinião que comprometa a si ao assumir apoio ou linha em concordância com algum lado ou parte de uma contenda, disputa, entrevero ou discussão quando requerido ou pressionado de tal forma a evitar se indispor com o lado contrário
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vaselina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
2000, João Oscar, Juventude vermelha, Francisco Alves, página: 28
JK é vaselina, chuta com os dois pés. Acena para a esquerda, mas namora a direita...
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- avselina
- vaeslina
- vaseilna
- vaselian
- vaselinna
- vasellina
- vaselnia
- vasleina
- vasselina
- vsaelina
- vvaselina
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vaselina - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vaselina", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).