alegoria

//ɐ.lɨ.ɡu.ˈɾi.ɐ// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,842

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

alegoria is aPortuguesenoun. It means: série de metáforas ou uma metáfora que pretende concretizar um pensamento ou uma situação Pronounced /ɐ.lɨ.ɡu.ˈɾi.ɐ/. Often confused with alegria and alegórico.

Key facts for alegoria
PropertyValue
Headwordalegoria
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.lɨ.ɡu.ˈɾi.ɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#32,842
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of alegoria in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for alegoria is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.lɨ.ɡu.ˈɾi.ɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #32,842 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for alegoria, with forms such as "aelgoria", "aleggoria", and "alegoira". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "alegria", "alegórico", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is alegoria, spelled A-L-E-G-O-R-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    série de metáforas ou uma metáfora que pretende concretizar um pensamento ou uma situação
  2. 2
    apresentação de ideias sob forma figurada
  3. 3
    conjunto de elementos usados nas fantasias de carnaval para simbolizar uma ideia ou um fato

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aelgoria,aleggoria,alegoira,alegorai,alegorria,alegroia,aleogria,algeoria,allegoria,laegoria

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alegoria

Misspelling Variants of "alegoria"

aelgoria8aleggoria9alegoira8alegorai8alegorria9alegroia8aleogria8algeoria8
Misspelling Variants of "alegoria"

Frequency rank: #32,842 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alegoria"?
"alegoria" is spelled A-L-E-G-O-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.lɨ.ɡu.ˈɾi.ɐ/.
What does "alegoria" mean?
As a noun, "alegoria" means: série de metáforas ou uma metáfora que pretende concretizar um pensamento ou uma situação
What words are commonly confused with "alegoria"?
"alegoria" is commonly confused with "alegria", "alegórico". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alegoria"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alegoria" is /ɐ.lɨ.ɡu.ˈɾi.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alegoria" come from?
"alegoria" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.