altura

//aɫ.ˈtu.ɾɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#905

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

altura is aPortuguesenoun. It means: comprimento de um objeto medido da base até o topo Pronounced /aɫ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/. It ranks #905 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with aura and alvará.

Key facts for altura
PropertyValue
Headwordaltura
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/aɫ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#905
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for altura is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /aɫ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #905 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for altura, with forms such as "alltura", "altrua", and "alttura". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "aura", "alvará", "aturar", and more, 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 altura, spelled A-L-T-U-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    comprimento de um objeto medido da base até o topo
  2. 2
    coordenada horizontal, distância angular entre o horizonte e um ponto qualquer da esfera celeste
  3. 3
    medida da perpendicular que vai do topo à base (ou à extensão da base)
  4. 4
    maneira como o ouvido percebe as frequências sonoras; afinação do som
  5. 5
    momento, período no tempo

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alltura,altrua,alttura,altuar,alturra,alutra,atlura,latura

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for altura

Misspelling Variants of "altura"

alltura7altrua6alttura7altuar6alturra7alutra6atlura6latura6
Misspelling Variants of "altura"

Frequency rank: #905 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "altura"?
"altura" is spelled A-L-T-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is /aɫ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/.
What does "altura" mean?
As a noun, "altura" means: comprimento de um objeto medido da base até o topo
What words are commonly confused with "altura"?
"altura" is commonly confused with "aura", "alvará", "aturar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "altura"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "altura" is /aɫ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "altura" come from?
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Portuguese index:

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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.