aliás

adv

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,661

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

aliás is anPortugueseadv. It means: de outra maneira It ranks #2,661 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with alta and alma.

Key facts for aliás
PropertyValue
Headwordaliás
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdv
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,661
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for aliás is 5 letters long, classified as anadv. Corpus data places it at rank #2,661 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for aliás, with forms such as "ailás", "alisá", and "aliáss". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "alta", "alma", "amas", and more, 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 aliás, spelled A-L-I-Á-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    de outra maneira
  2. 2
    de outro modo
  3. 3
    ou por outra (usa-se em seguida a uma palavra ou frase escrita por equívoco, seguindo-se-lhe a correta)
  4. 4
    além disso

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ailás,alisá,aliáss,alliás,aláis,laiás

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for aliás

Misspelling Variants of "aliás"

ailás5alisá5aliáss6alliás6aláis5laiás5
Misspelling Variants of "aliás"

Frequency rank: #2,661 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aliás"?
"aliás" is spelled A-L-I-Á-S.
What does "aliás" mean?
As an adv, "aliás" means: de outra maneira
What words are commonly confused with "aliás"?
"aliás" is commonly confused with "alta", "alma", "amas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "aliás" come from?
"aliás" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Portuguese index:

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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.