violeta

/vju.ˈle.tɐ/

//vju.ˈle.tɐ// noun

The verdict

“violeta” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,750. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,750
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - designação comum às plantas do gênero Viola ou à flor dessas plantas

Corpus desk

Index PT-violeta · violeta · Portuguese

violeta · rank #14,750 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,750
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH wild

Nearest frequency peer: wild (+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 “violeta”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “violeta” 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).

violeta vs volta
71% similar
violeta vs viola
71% similar
violeta vs violet
86% similar

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

Key facts for violeta
PropertyValue
Headwordvioleta
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/vju.ˈle.tɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,750
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “violeta”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “wild” (#14,751), “ventilador” (#14,748), “abaixar” (#14,754). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “violeta” fica em #14,750. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around violeta (IPA /vju.ˈle.tɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,750 among 501 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for violeta, with forms such as "ivoleta", "viloeta", and "vioelta". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "volta", "viola", "violet", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is violeta, spelled V-I-O-L-E-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    designação comum às plantas do gênero Viola ou à flor dessas plantas
  2. 2
    cor do espectro visível, situada entre o azul e o invisível ultravioleta, que lembra, por exemplo, a cor da flor da violeta ou da ametista

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Anteontem, no evento na Fazenda da Esperança, um homem vestindo a tradicional veste preta e violeta dos bispos tentou se aproximar do papa para tirar fotos.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivoleta
  • viloeta
  • vioelta
  • violeat
  • violetta
  • violleta
  • violtea
  • voileta
  • vvioleta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of violeta - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ivoleta2viloeta2vioelta2violeat2violetta1violleta1violtea2voileta2
Edit distance from "violeta"

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 "violeta"?
"violeta" is spelled V-I-O-L-E-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /vju.ˈle.tɐ/.
What does "violeta" mean?
As a noun, "violeta" means: designação comum às plantas do gênero Viola ou à flor dessas plantas
What words are commonly confused with "violeta"?
"violeta" is commonly confused with "volta", "viola", "violet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "violeta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "violeta" is /vju.ˈle.tɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "violeta" come from?
"violeta" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list