alpha
Portuguese, noun
alpha is spelled A-L-P-H-A (5 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alpha is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of alfa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide alfa”.
What does alpha mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of alfa
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vide alfa
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alpha
- alphas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is alpha in Portuguese?
alpha appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).