alta
/ˈal.ta/.
The verdict
“alta” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #818) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #818
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - alto, elevado
Corpus desk
Index PT-alta · alta · Portuguese
alta · rank #818 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #818
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH vir
Nearest frequency peer: vir (-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 “alta”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- união
união
99,186 corpus weight
- vir
vir
99,184 corpus weight
- alta
alta
99,183 corpus weight
- ambos
ambos
99,182 corpus weight
- aquilo
aquilo
99,181 corpus weight
- banco
banco
99,180 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “alta” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | alta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈal.ta/. |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #818 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “alta”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for alta is neighbouring look-alikes ("at", "até", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced /ˈal.ta/.. Frequency #818 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Gloss: "alto, elevado".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for alta, with forms such as "alat", "allta", and "altta". 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, "at", "até", "ato", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is alta, spelled A-L-T-A.
Definition
- 1alto, elevado
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alat
- allta
- altta
- atla
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alta - 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.
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
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