autoritário

//aw.tu.ɾi.ˈta.ɾju// adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,776

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

autoritário is anPortugueseadj. It means: diz-se de princípio filosófico que favorece a obediência e sujeição completa à autoridade em detrimento da liberdade individual Pronounced /aw.tu.ɾi.ˈta.ɾju/. Often confused with autoritarismo.

Key facts for autoritário
PropertyValue
Headwordautoritário
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/aw.tu.ɾi.ˈta.ɾju/
Letters11
Frequency rank#18,776
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for autoritário is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /aw.tu.ɾi.ˈta.ɾju/. Corpus data places it at rank #18,776 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "diz-se de princípio filosófico que favorece a obediência e sujeição completa à autoridade em detrimento da liberdade individual".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for autoritário, with forms such as "atuoritário", "auotritário", and "autoirtário". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "autoritarismo", 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 autoritário, spelled A-U-T-O-R-I-T-Á-R-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    diz-se de princípio filosófico que favorece a obediência e sujeição completa à autoridade em detrimento da liberdade individual

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atuoritário,auotritário,autoirtário,autoritráio,autorittário,autoritáiro,autoritároi,autoritárrio,autoriátrio,autorritário,autortiário,autroitário,auttoritário,uatoritário

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for autoritário

Misspelling Variants of "autoritário"

atuoritário11auotritário11autoirtário11autoritráio11autorittário12autoritáiro11autoritároi11autoritárrio12
Misspelling Variants of "autoritário"

Frequency rank: #18,776 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "autoritário"?
"autoritário" is spelled A-U-T-O-R-I-T-Á-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is /aw.tu.ɾi.ˈta.ɾju/.
What does "autoritário" mean?
As an adj, "autoritário" means: diz-se de princípio filosófico que favorece a obediência e sujeição completa à autoridade em detrimento da liberdade individual
What words are commonly confused with "autoritário"?
"autoritário" is commonly confused with "autoritarismo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "autoritário"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "autoritário" is /aw.tu.ɾi.ˈta.ɾju/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "autoritário" come from?
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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.