velho

adj

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The verdict

“velho” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #927. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#927
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que existe há muito tempo

Corpus desk

Index PT-velho · velho · Portuguese

velho · rank #927 · 7 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #927
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH tivesse

Nearest frequency peer: tivesse (-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 “velho”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “velho” 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).

velho vs velo
80% similar
velho vs verão
60% similar
velho vs vendo
60% similar

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

Key facts for velho
PropertyValue
Headwordvelho
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Frequency rank#927
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “velho”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).velhocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “tivesse” (#926), “superior” (#925), “aumento” (#929). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “velho” fica em #927. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around velho, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #927 among 501 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for velho, with forms such as "evlho", "vehlo", and "velhho". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "velo", "verão", "vendo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is velho, spelled V-E-L-H-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que existe há muito tempo
  2. 2
    erado, idoso
  3. 3
    deteriorado, gasto pelo uso
  4. 4
    antigo, antiquado, desatualizado

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how velho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ele ali confessa sua nostalgia, seu gosto pelas velhas casas de outrora onde havia passado sua infância no Rio , ou pelas arquiteturas do período colonial.

Synonyms

caquéticoprovecto

Antonyms

jovemnovo

This word in other languages

old(English)viejo(Español)vieux(Français)alt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evlho
  • vehlo
  • velhho
  • vellho
  • veloh
  • vleho
  • vvelho

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of velho - 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.

evlho2vehlo2velhho1vellho1veloh2vleho2vvelho1
Edit distance from "velho"

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 "velho"?
"velho" is spelled V-E-L-H-O.
What does "velho" mean?
As an adjective, "velho" means: que existe há muito tempo
What words are commonly confused with "velho"?
"velho" is commonly confused with "velo", "verão", "vendo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "velho" come from?
"velho" 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 "velho", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sejam#923jogar#918podia#942banda#908

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

armas7 variantssorte7 variantsredes7 variantsglobo7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list