vocalista
/vu.kɐ.ˈliʃ.tɐ/
The verdict
“vocalista” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #10,459 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,459
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pessoa que canta numa banda ou num coro
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vocalista |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /vu.kɐ.ˈliʃ.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #10,459 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vocalista” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for vocalista is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /vu.kɐ.ˈliʃ.tɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #10,459 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "pessoa que canta numa banda ou num coro".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for vocalista, with forms such as "ovcalista", "vcoalista", and "voaclista". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 vocalista, spelled V-O-C-A-L-I-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1pessoa que canta numa banda ou num coro
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ovcalista,vcoalista,voaclista,vocailsta,vocalisat,vocalissta,vocalistta,vocalitsa,vocallista,vocalsita,voccalista,voclaista,vvocalista
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vocalista - 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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Using “vocalista”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is V-O-C-A-L-I-S-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /vu.kɐ.ˈliʃ.tɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.