A
/a/
The verdict
“A” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #2) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #2
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4,352
- “A” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - assinala o primeiro elemento de uma série na qual estes são distinguidos e ordenados em uma sequência alfabética
Corpus desk
Index PT-a · A · Portuguese
A · rank #2 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #2
- LEN-SHORT 1 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,352
- PHOTO-FINISH de
Nearest frequency peer: de (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “A”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- de
de
100,000 corpus weight
- A
A
99,999 corpus weight
- o
o
99,998 corpus weight
- que
que
99,997 corpus weight
- e
e
99,996 corpus weight
- do
do
99,995 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “A” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | A |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /a/ |
| Letters | 1 |
| Frequency rank | #2 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “A” sits in Portuguese frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for A is neighbouring look-alikes ("As", "ao", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced /a/. Frequency #2 among 4,352 “A” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
No misspelling variants are generated for A in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "As", "ao", "ar", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is A, spelled A.
Definition
- 1assinala o primeiro elemento de uma série na qual estes são distinguidos e ordenados em uma sequência alfabética
- 2assinala qualidade superior, muita importância ou um alto valor monetário
- 3assinala, na escala socioeconômica, a classe social mais elevada em relação ao poder aquisitivo
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how A appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Talvez o contador estivesse funcionando mal para A ou para C, introduzindo erros sistemáticos em um dos resultados."
"Com 4,5 euros, devidamente convertidos, compro quase 10 quilos de arroz “Tipo A”."
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.