altar
The verdict
“altar” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #8,141 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,141
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - estrutura elevada perante a qual cerimônias religiosas são realizadas ou na qual sacrifícios podem ser oferecidos aos deuses, ancestrais, 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 | altar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,141 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “altar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for altar is 5 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #8,141 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for altar, with forms such as "alatr", "alltar", and "altarr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ata", "alto", "amar", 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is altar, spelled A-L-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1estrutura elevada perante a qual cerimônias religiosas são realizadas ou na qual sacrifícios podem ser oferecidos aos deuses, ancestrais, etc
- 2estrutura, via de regra uma mesa, na qual os ofícios divinos são recitados e na qual a eucaristia é celebrada em igrejas cristãs
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alatr,alltar,altarr,altra,alttar,atlar,latar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of altar - 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 “altar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-L-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “ata” - see the side-by-side comparison. altar vs ata
- 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.