Autor

//ˈaʊ̯toːɐ̯// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#845

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

Autor is aPortuguesenoun. It means: autor Pronounced /ˈaʊ̯toːɐ̯/. It ranks #845 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with autoria and ato.

Key facts for Autor
PropertyValue
HeadwordAutor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈaʊ̯toːɐ̯/
Letters5
Frequency rank#845
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Autor in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for Autor is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈaʊ̯toːɐ̯/. Corpus data places it at rank #845 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "autor".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Autor, with forms such as "atuor", "auotr", and "autorr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "autoria", "ato", "amor", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is Autor, spelled A-U-T-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    autor

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atuor,auotr,autorr,autro,auttor,uator

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Autor

Misspelling Variants of "Autor"

atuor5auotr5autorr6autro5auttor6uator5
Misspelling Variants of "Autor"

Frequency rank: #845 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Autor"?
"Autor" is spelled A-U-T-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈaʊ̯toːɐ̯/.
What does "Autor" mean?
As a noun, "Autor" means: autor
What words are commonly confused with "Autor"?
"Autor" is commonly confused with "autoria", "ato", "amor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Autor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Autor" is /ˈaʊ̯toːɐ̯/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Autor" come from?
"Autor" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.