área

/ˈa.ɾjɐ/

//ˈa.ɾjɐ// noun

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The verdict

“área” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #294) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#294
frequency rank, Portuguese
25
“Á” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - medida de uma superfície

Corpus desk

Index PT-area · área · Portuguese

área · rank #294 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #294
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 25
  • PHOTO-FINISH teve

Nearest frequency peer: teve (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Frequency neighbourhood for “área”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “área” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

área vs até
0% similar
área vs art
25% similar
área vs ave
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for área
PropertyValue
Headwordárea
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈa.ɾjɐ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#294
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Onde “área” fica na frequência do português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.áreacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “teve” (#293), “dela” (#295), “temos” (#292). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for área is neighbouring look-alikes ("até", "art", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈa.ɾjɐ/. Frequency #294 among 25 “Á” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for área, with forms such as "ráea", "áera", and "árae". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "até", "art", "ave", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 área, spelled Á-R-E-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    medida de uma superfície
  2. 2
    espaço plano delimitado
  3. 3
    superfície de uma figura geométrica
  4. 4
    medida de extensão de um terreno

This word in other languages

area(English)área(Español)superficie(Français)Flächeninhalt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ráea
  • áera
  • árae
  • árrea

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of área - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ráea2áera2árae2árrea1
Edit distance from "área"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "área"?
"área" is spelled Á-R-E-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈa.ɾjɐ/.
What does "área" mean?
As a noun, "área" means: medida de uma superfície
What words are commonly confused with "área"?
"área" is commonly confused with "até", "art", "ave". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "área"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "área" is /ˈa.ɾjɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "área" come from?
"área" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "área", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dela#295teve#293sair#290site#301

What to do next

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  • "área" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "até". View pair
  • 4 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #294 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more Portuguese words in the "Á" letter cohort. Á–Z browse

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list