Vidal
/viˈdaw/ [viˈdaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Vidal” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,163. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,163
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sobrenome
Corpus desk
Index PT-vidal · Vidal · Portuguese
Vidal · rank #12,163 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,163
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH turbo
Nearest frequency peer: turbo (-3 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 “Vidal”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- transplante
transplante
87,843 corpus weight
- travessia
travessia
87,842 corpus weight
- turbo
turbo
87,841 corpus weight
- Vidal
Vidal
87,838 corpus weight
- yes
yes
87,835 corpus weight
- abençoado
abençoado
87,834 corpus weight
What this shows “Vidal” 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 | Vidal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /viˈdaw/ [viˈdaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #12,163 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “Vidal”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Vidal (IPA /viˈdaw/ [viˈdaʊ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,163 among 501 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "sobrenome".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vidal, with forms such as "ivdal", "vdial", and "viadl". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vil", "vila", "viva", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is Vidal, spelled V-I-D-A-L.
Definition
- 1sobrenome
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ivdal
- vdial
- viadl
- vidall
- viddal
- vidla
- vvidal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Vidal - 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 "Vidal", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).