-aria
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | -aria |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “-aria” em português
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
- 1ação, caráter, prática de alguém
- 2arte, estado, profissão, situação
- 3cargos, dignidades, patentes
- 4coleção, coletividades, coletivos, conjuntos
- 5fábrica, loja, oficina
- 6guarda, local, resultado
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how -aria appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Criticaria, patifaria, bruxaria.
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.