velado

/vɨ.ˈla.du/

//vɨ.ˈla.du// adj

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The verdict

“velado” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #25,169. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,169
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - coberto com véu

Corpus desk

Index PT-velado · velado · Portuguese

velado · rank #25,169 · 8 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,169
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH vespa

Nearest frequency peer: vespa (+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 “velado”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “velado” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

velado vs velo
67% similar
velado vs velho
67% similar
velado vs verão
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for velado
PropertyValue
Headwordvelado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/vɨ.ˈla.du/
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,169
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “velado”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.veladocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “vespa” (#25,170), “vader” (#25,167), “viessem” (#25,172). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “velado” fica em #25,169. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around velado (IPA /vɨ.ˈla.du/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,169 among 501 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for velado, with forms such as "evlado", "vealdo", and "veladdo". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "velo", "velho", "verão", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is velado, spelled V-E-L-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    coberto com véu
  2. 2
    oculto
  3. 3
    encoberto
  4. 4
    diz-se da voz levemente rouca
  5. 5
    o mesmo que avelado
  6. 6
    vigiado
  7. 7
    guardado
  8. 8
    passado em vigília (sem dormir)
  9. 9
    diz-se do coco quando tem a amêndoa solta da casca
  10. 10
    diz-se da castanha quando tem o miolo solto da casca

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evlado
  • vealdo
  • veladdo
  • velaod
  • veldao
  • vellado
  • vleado
  • vvelado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of velado - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

evlado2vealdo2veladdo1velaod2veldao2vellado1vleado2vvelado1
Edit distance from "velado"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "velado"?
"velado" is spelled V-E-L-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /vɨ.ˈla.du/.
What does "velado" mean?
As an adjective, "velado" means: coberto com véu
What words are commonly confused with "velado"?
"velado" is commonly confused with "velo", "velho", "verão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "velado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "velado" is /vɨ.ˈla.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "velado" come from?
"velado" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "velado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

índole#25,179baliza#25,207brasão#25,214cercar#25,230

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

viessem8 variantsremessa8 variantsnegrão8 variantsmarsh8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list