ampere
/ã.ˈpɛ.ɾi/
The verdict
“ampere” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #90,665 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #90,665
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - unidade de medida de corrente elétrica equivalente à passagem de 1 C de carga elétrica por um ponto em 1 segundo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ampere |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ã.ˈpɛ.ɾi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #90,665 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ampere” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for ampere is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ã.ˈpɛ.ɾi/. Corpus data places it at rank #90,665 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "unidade de medida de corrente elétrica equivalente à passagem de 1 C de carga elétrica por um ponto em 1 segundo".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ampere, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is ampere, spelled A-M-P-E-R-E.
Definition
- 1unidade de medida de corrente elétrica equivalente à passagem de 1 C de carga elétrica por um ponto em 1 segundo
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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 “ampere”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-M-P-E-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ã.ˈpɛ.ɾi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.