-aria

suffix

The verdict

“-aria” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ação, caráter, prática de alguém

Corpus desk

Index PT-aria · -aria · Portuguese

-aria · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "-" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for -aria
PropertyValue
Headword-aria
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechSuffix
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “-aria” em português

-ariaestá além das 100.000 formas mais frequentes do português, na cauda de léxico especializado ou pouco usado.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

-aria is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

-aria doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is -aria, spelled --A-R-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ação, caráter, prática de alguém
  2. 2
    arte, estado, profissão, situação
  3. 3
    cargos, dignidades, patentes
  4. 4
    coleção, coletividades, coletivos, conjuntos
  5. 5
    fábrica, loja, oficina
  6. 6
    guarda, local, resultado

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how -aria appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Criticaria, patifaria, bruxaria.
  2. Ourivesaria, calmaria, engenharia, boataria.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "-aria"?
"-aria" is spelled --A-R-I-A.
What does "-aria" mean?
As a suffix, "-aria" means: ação, caráter, prática de alguém
What language does "-aria" come from?
"-aria" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list