anteparo
/ɐ̃.tɨ.ˈpa.ɾu/
The verdict
“anteparo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,598 among 4,352 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,598
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4,352
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ação ou efeito de anteparar(-se)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anteparo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ̃.tɨ.ˈpa.ɾu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,598 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “anteparo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
anteparo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,598 among 4,352 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɐ̃.tɨ.ˈpa.ɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for anteparo in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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. The correct Portuguese form is anteparo, spelled A-N-T-E-P-A-R-O.
Definition
- 1ação ou efeito de anteparar(-se)
- 2parada antecipada; interrupção, suspensão
- 3parada repentina
- 4auxílio, defesa (no sentido físico ou moral)
- 5impedimento na realização de algo
- 6o que antepara ou protege de
- 7qualquer objeto ou peça (biombos, tabiques, quebra-luzes, pára-ventos etc.) que se coloca diante de alguém ou de algo para resguardo ou proteção
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 “anteparo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-N-T-E-P-A-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ̃.tɨ.ˈpa.ɾu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.