A
/a/
The verdict
“A” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #2 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #2
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1
- letter
- 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
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
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for A is 1 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /a/. Corpus data places it at rank #2 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
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 “A”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /a/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “As” - see the side-by-side comparison. A vs As
- 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.