ameaça

//ɐ.ˈmja.sɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,080

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

ameaça is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato de ameaçar Pronounced /ɐ.ˈmja.sɐ/. It ranks #2,080 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with Amélia and ameixa.

Key facts for ameaça
PropertyValue
Headwordameaça
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.ˈmja.sɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,080
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for ameaça is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.ˈmja.sɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,080 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for ameaça, with forms such as "aemaça", "amaeça", and "ameaaç". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Amélia", "ameixa", "ameaçar", 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 ameaça, spelled A-M-E-A-Ç-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de ameaçar
  2. 2
    perigo
  3. 3
    gesto que exprime intenção de prejudicar ou machucar alguém

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aemaça,amaeça,ameaaç,ameçaa,ammeaça,maeaça

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ameaça

Misspelling Variants of "ameaça"

aemaça6amaeça6ameaaç6ameçaa6ammeaça7maeaça6
Misspelling Variants of "ameaça"

Frequency rank: #2,080 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ameaça"?
"ameaça" is spelled A-M-E-A-Ç-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ˈmja.sɐ/.
What does "ameaça" mean?
As a noun, "ameaça" means: ato de ameaçar
What words are commonly confused with "ameaça"?
"ameaça" is commonly confused with "Amélia", "ameixa", "ameaçar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ameaça"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ameaça" is /ɐ.ˈmja.sɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ameaça" come from?
"ameaça" 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.