atalaia

/ɐ.tɐ.ˈlaj.ɐ/

//ɐ.tɐ.ˈlaj.ɐ// verb

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The verdict

“atalaia” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #38,139. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,139
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3ª pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo atalaiar

Corpus desk

Index PT-atalaia · atalaia · Portuguese

atalaia · rank #38,139 · 8 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #38,139
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH atear

Nearest frequency peer: atear (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “atalaia”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “atalaia” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

atalaia vs Atacama
57% similar

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

Key facts for atalaia
PropertyValue
Headwordatalaia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɐ.tɐ.ˈlaj.ɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#38,139
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “atalaia”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).atalaiacai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “atear” (#38,140), “awesome” (#38,142), “Antarctica” (#38,123). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “atalaia” fica em #38,139. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around atalaia (IPA /ɐ.tɐ.ˈlaj.ɐ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,139 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for atalaia, with forms such as "aatlaia", "ataalia", and "atalaai". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Atacama", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 atalaia, spelled A-T-A-L-A-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    3ª pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo atalaiar
  2. 2
    2ª pessoa do singular do imperativo do verbo atalaiar

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aatlaia
  • ataalia
  • atalaai
  • ataliaa
  • atallaia
  • atlaaia
  • attalaia
  • taalaia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aatlaia2ataalia2atalaai2ataliaa2atallaia1atlaaia2attalaia1taalaia2
Edit distance from "atalaia"

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 "atalaia"?
"atalaia" is spelled A-T-A-L-A-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.tɐ.ˈlaj.ɐ/.
What does "atalaia" mean?
As a verb, "atalaia" means: 3ª pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo atalaiar
What words are commonly confused with "atalaia"?
"atalaia" is commonly confused with "Atacama". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "atalaia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "atalaia" is /ɐ.tɐ.ˈlaj.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "atalaia" come from?
"atalaia" 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 "atalaia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

awesome#38,142caixote#38,164cantiga#38,167conduto#38,190

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list