alerta
/a.ˈlɛɾ.tɐ/
The verdict
“alerta” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,551. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,551
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que está em estado de prontidão
Corpus desk
Index PT-alerta · alerta · Portuguese
alerta · rank #2,551 · 8 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,551
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH Antonio
Nearest frequency peer: Antonio (+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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “alerta”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- útil
útil
97,452 corpus weight
- alerta
alerta
97,450 corpus weight
- Antonio
Antonio
97,449 corpus weight
- art
art
97,447 corpus weight
- atingir
atingir
97,446 corpus weight
- ator
ator
97,445 corpus weight
What this shows “alerta” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | alerta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /a.ˈlɛɾ.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,551 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “alerta”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around alerta (IPA /a.ˈlɛɾ.tɐ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,551 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "que está em estado de prontidão".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for alerta, with forms such as "aelrta", "alerat", and "alerrta". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "alta", "aorta", "atleta", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is alerta, spelled A-L-E-R-T-A.
Definition
- 1que está em estado de prontidão
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aelrta
- alerat
- alerrta
- alertta
- aletra
- allerta
- alreta
- laerta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alerta - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alerta", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).