artéria
/ɐɾ.ˈtɛ.ɾjɐ/
The verdict
“artéria” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #14,518 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #14,518
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - vaso sanguíneo eferente do coração, ou seja, que conduz sangue proveniente do coração. Geralmente, conduz sangue rico em oxigênio. A exceção é a artéria pulmonar, que conduz sangue pobre em oxigênio.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | artéria |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐɾ.ˈtɛ.ɾjɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “artéria” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for artéria is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐɾ.ˈtɛ.ɾjɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #14,518 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "vaso sanguíneo eferente do coração, ou seja, que conduz sangue proveniente do coração. Geralmente, conduz sangue rico em oxigênio. A exceção é a artéria pulmonar, que conduz sangue pobre em oxigênio.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for artéria, with forms such as "arrtéria", "artréia", and "arttéria". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "ateia", "autoria", "arterial", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented 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 artéria, spelled A-R-T-É-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1vaso sanguíneo eferente do coração, ou seja, que conduz sangue proveniente do coração. Geralmente, conduz sangue rico em oxigênio. A exceção é a artéria pulmonar, que conduz sangue pobre em oxigênio.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: arrtéria,artréia,arttéria,artéira,artérai,artérria,arétria,atréria,ratéria
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of artéria - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “artéria”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-R-T-É-R-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐɾ.ˈtɛ.ɾjɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ateia” - see the side-by-side comparison. artéria vs ateia
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.