violoncelo

/violõ'sɛlʊ/

//violõ'sɛlʊ// noun

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The verdict

“violoncelo” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #28,064. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,064
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grande instrumento musical da família das cordas, afinado em uma oitava mais grave do que a viola e uma oitava mais agudo que o contrabaixo

Corpus desk

Index PT-violoncelo · violoncelo · Portuguese

violoncelo · rank #28,064 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,064
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH vedado

Nearest frequency peer: vedado (-2 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 “violoncelo”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “violoncelo” 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
Key facts for violoncelo
PropertyValue
Headwordvioloncelo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/violõ'sɛlʊ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#28,064
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “violoncelo”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).violoncelocai 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 “vedado” (#28,062), “varejista” (#28,061), “Vanderlei” (#28,060). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “violoncelo” fica em #28,064. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around violoncelo (IPA /violõ'sɛlʊ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,064 among 501 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "grande instrumento musical da família das cordas, afinado em uma oitava mais grave do que a viola e uma oitava mais agudo que o contrabaixo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for violoncelo, with forms such as "ivoloncelo", "vilooncelo", and "violloncelo". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is violoncelo, spelled V-I-O-L-O-N-C-E-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    grande instrumento musical da família das cordas, afinado em uma oitava mais grave do que a viola e uma oitava mais agudo que o contrabaixo

This word in other languages

cello(English)violonchelo(Español)violoncelle(Français)Violoncello(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivoloncelo
  • vilooncelo
  • violloncelo
  • violnocelo
  • violocnelo
  • violonccelo
  • violoncello
  • violonceol
  • violoncleo
  • violoneclo
  • violonncelo
  • vioolncelo
  • voiloncelo
  • vvioloncelo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ivoloncelo2vilooncelo2violloncelo1violnocelo2violocnelo2violonccelo1violoncello1violonceol2
Edit distance from "violoncelo"

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 "violoncelo"?
"violoncelo" is spelled V-I-O-L-O-N-C-E-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is /violõ'sɛlʊ/.
What does "violoncelo" mean?
As a noun, "violoncelo" means: grande instrumento musical da família das cordas, afinado em uma oitava mais grave do que a viola e uma oitava mais agudo que o contrabaixo
What are common misspellings of "violoncelo"?
Common misspellings include "ivoloncelo", "vilooncelo", "violloncelo", "violnocelo", "violocnelo". The correct spelling is "violoncelo".
How do you pronounce "violoncelo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "violoncelo" is /violõ'sɛlʊ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "violoncelo" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

arbitrário#28,097assinalado#28,102reescrever#28,002procuração#27,983

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

pistoleiro14 variantshidráulico14 variantsincubadora14 variantshomologação14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list