asfalto
/ɐʃ.ˈfaɫ.tu/
The verdict
“asfalto” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #11,393 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,393
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - betume escuro, espesso e luzidio
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | asfalto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐʃ.ˈfaɫ.tu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #11,393 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “asfalto” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for asfalto is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐʃ.ˈfaɫ.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,393 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "betume escuro, espesso e luzidio".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for asfalto, with forms such as "afsalto", "asaflto", and "asfallto". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 asfalto, spelled A-S-F-A-L-T-O.
Definition
- 1betume escuro, espesso e luzidio
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: afsalto,asaflto,asfallto,asfalot,asfaltto,asfatlo,asffalto,asflato,assfalto,safalto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of asfalto - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “asfalto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-S-F-A-L-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐʃ.ˈfaɫ.tu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.