atleta

/ɐ.ˈtlɛ.tɐ/

//ɐ.ˈtlɛ.tɐ// noun

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The verdict

“atleta” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,819. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,819
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pessoa que pratica atletismo

Corpus desk

Index PT-atleta · atleta · Portuguese

atleta · rank #3,819 · 8 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,819
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH atendimento

Nearest frequency peer: atendimento (-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 “atleta”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “atleta” 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).

atleta vs alta
67% similar
atleta vs alemã
50% similar
atleta vs ateia
67% similar

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

Key facts for atleta
PropertyValue
Headwordatleta
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.ˈtlɛ.tɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,819
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “atleta”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).atletacai 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 “atendimento” (#3,818), “barato” (#3,820), “assegurar” (#3,817). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “atleta” fica em #3,819. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around atleta (IPA /ɐ.ˈtlɛ.tɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,819 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for atleta, with forms such as "alteta", "atelta", and "atleat". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "alta", "alemã", "ateia", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 atleta, spelled A-T-L-E-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    pessoa que pratica atletismo
  2. 2
    gladiador
  3. 3
    pessoa que tem dedicação em manter uma boa ou manter-se em boa forma física

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alteta
  • atelta
  • atleat
  • atletta
  • atlleta
  • atltea
  • attleta
  • taleta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of atleta - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

alteta2atelta2atleat2atletta1atlleta1atltea2attleta1taleta2
Edit distance from "atleta"

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 "atleta"?
"atleta" is spelled A-T-L-E-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ˈtlɛ.tɐ/.
What does "atleta" mean?
As a noun, "atleta" means: pessoa que pratica atletismo
What words are commonly confused with "atleta"?
"atleta" is commonly confused with "alta", "alemã", "ateia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "atleta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "atleta" is /ɐ.ˈtlɛ.tɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "atleta" come from?
"atleta" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "atleta", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

barato#3,820bombas#3,821emoção#3,828templo#3,808

Similar misspelling depth

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

prémio8 variantspacote8 variantsmanual8 variantspânico8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list