arma

/ˈaɾmɐ/

//ˈaɾmɐ// noun

The verdict

“arma” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,913) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#1,913
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - instrumento usado para ataque e defesa

Corpus desk

Index PT-arma · arma · Portuguese

arma · rank #1,913 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,913
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH apartamento

Nearest frequency peer: apartamento (-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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “arma”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “arma” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

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).

arma vs art
50% similar
arma vs asa
50% similar
arma vs ata
50% similar

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

Key facts for arma
PropertyValue
Headwordarma
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈaɾmɐ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,913
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “arma”

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “apartamento” (#1,912), “cenário” (#1,914), “vender” (#1,911). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “arma” fica em #1,913. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for arma is neighbouring look-alikes ("art", "asa", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈaɾmɐ/. Frequency #1,913 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Gloss: "instrumento usado para ataque e defesa".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for arma, with forms such as "amra", "aram", and "armma". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "art", "asa", "ata", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is arma, spelled A-R-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    instrumento usado para ataque e defesa

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amra
  • aram
  • armma
  • arrma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arma - 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.

amra2aram2armma1arrma1
Edit distance from "arma"

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 "arma"?
"arma" is spelled A-R-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈaɾmɐ/.
What does "arma" mean?
As a noun, "arma" means: instrumento usado para ataque e defesa
What words are commonly confused with "arma"?
"arma" is commonly confused with "art", "asa", "ata". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "arma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arma" is /ˈaɾmɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arma" come from?
"arma" 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 "arma", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list