alinhamento
/ɐ.li.ɲɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/
The verdict
“alinhamento” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #12,171 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,171
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - a linha em que está lançada uma rua, um muro, uma coluna de tropa, etc.
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 | alinhamento |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.li.ɲɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #12,171 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alinhamento” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for alinhamento is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.li.ɲɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #12,171 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "a linha em que está lançada uma rua, um muro, uma coluna de tropa, etc.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for alinhamento, with forms such as "ailnhamento", "alihnamento", and "alinahmento". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "alongamento", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is alinhamento, spelled A-L-I-N-H-A-M-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1a linha em que está lançada uma rua, um muro, uma coluna de tropa, etc.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ailnhamento,alihnamento,alinahmento,alinhaemnto,alinhamennto,alinhamenot,alinhamentto,alinhametno,alinhammento,alinhamneto,alinhhamento,alinhmaento,alinnhamento,allinhamento,alnihamento,lainhamento
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alinhamento - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “alinhamento”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-L-I-N-H-A-M-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.li.ɲɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “alongamento” - see the side-by-side comparison. alinhamento vs alongamento
- 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.