alma

/ˈaɫ.mɐ/

//ˈaɫ.mɐ// noun

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The verdict

“alma” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,205) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#1,205
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - psique ou psiquê

Corpus desk

Index PT-alma · alma · Portuguese

alma · rank #1,205 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,205
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH acreditar

Nearest frequency peer: acreditar (-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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “alma”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “alma” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

alma vs am
50% similar
alma vs amo
50% similar
alma vs ama
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for alma
PropertyValue
Headwordalma
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈaɫ.mɐ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,205
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “alma”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).almacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “acreditar” (#1,204), “triste” (#1,203), “tiveram” (#1,202). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “alma” fica em #1,205. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for alma is neighbouring look-alikes ("am", "amo", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈaɫ.mɐ/. Frequency #1,205 among 1,900 “A” headwords. 5 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for alma, with forms such as "alam", "allma", and "almma". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "am", "amo", "ama", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is alma, spelled A-L-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    psique ou psiquê
  2. 2
    o âmago da personalidade
  3. 3
    parte espiritual do ser humano
  4. 4
    animação, vida, vigor
  5. 5
    gênio, temperamento

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how alma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A alma do circo é o palhaço.
  2. Ninguém entende a alma feminina.

This word in other languages

soul(English)alma(Español)âme(Français)Seele(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alam
  • allma
  • almma
  • amla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alma - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

alam2allma1almma1amla2
Edit distance from "alma"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alma"?
"alma" is spelled A-L-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈaɫ.mɐ/.
What does "alma" mean?
As a noun, "alma" means: psique ou psiquê
What words are commonly confused with "alma"?
"alma" is commonly confused with "am", "amo", "ama". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alma" is /ˈaɫ.mɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alma" come from?
"alma" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alma", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

erro#1,209ruim#1,200aula#1,186vila#1,184

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list