aura
/ˈaw.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“aura” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #13,887) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #13,887
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vento brando e suave; aragem
Corpus desk
Index PT-aura · aura · Portuguese
aura · rank #13,887 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,887
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH baba
Nearest frequency peer: baba (+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 “aura”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- argila
argila
86,119 corpus weight
- arterial
arterial
86,118 corpus weight
- aura
aura
86,114 corpus weight
- baba
baba
86,113 corpus weight
- Bahamas
Bahamas
86,111 corpus weight
- baú
baú
86,106 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “aura” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | aura |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈaw.ɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #13,887 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “aura”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for aura is neighbouring look-alikes ("auto", "Azia", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈaw.ɾɐ/. Frequency #13,887 among 1,900 “A” headwords. 6 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for aura, with forms such as "arua", "auar", and "aurra". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "auto", "Azia", "aurora", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is aura, spelled A-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1vento brando e suave; aragem
- 2popularidade, boa aceitação
- 3fama, rumor
- 4hálito
- 5fenômenos que precedem ataque nervoso, especialmente epilético
- 6elemento etéreo, imaterial, que emana e envolve seres ou objetos
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arua
- auar
- aurra
- uara
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aura - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).