alternativa

//aɫ.tɨɾ.nɐ.ˈti.vɐ// noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,301

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

alternativa is aPortuguesenoun. It means: sucessão de duas coisas que não ocorrem ao mesmo tempo Pronounced /aɫ.tɨɾ.nɐ.ˈti.vɐ/. It ranks #2,301 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with alternativo.

Key facts for alternativa
PropertyValue
Headwordalternativa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/aɫ.tɨɾ.nɐ.ˈti.vɐ/
Letters11
Frequency rank#2,301
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of alternativa in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for alternativa is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /aɫ.tɨɾ.nɐ.ˈti.vɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,301 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for alternativa, with forms such as "aletrnativa", "allternativa", and "altenrativa". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "alternativo", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is alternativa, spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-A-T-I-V-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sucessão de duas coisas que não ocorrem ao mesmo tempo
  2. 2
    opção entre duas coisas

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aletrnativa,allternativa,altenrativa,alterantiva,alternaitva,alternatiav,alternativva,alternattiva,alternatvia,alternnativa,alterntaiva,alterrnativa,altrenativa,altternativa,atlernativa,laternativa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alternativa

Misspelling Variants of "alternativa"

aletrnativa11allternativa12altenrativa11alterantiva11alternaitva11alternatiav11alternativva12alternattiva12
Misspelling Variants of "alternativa"

Frequency rank: #2,301 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alternativa"?
"alternativa" is spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-A-T-I-V-A. The IPA pronunciation is /aɫ.tɨɾ.nɐ.ˈti.vɐ/.
What does "alternativa" mean?
As a noun, "alternativa" means: sucessão de duas coisas que não ocorrem ao mesmo tempo
What words are commonly confused with "alternativa"?
"alternativa" is commonly confused with "alternativo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alternativa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alternativa" is /aɫ.tɨɾ.nɐ.ˈti.vɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alternativa" come from?
"alternativa" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.