autorretrato
/aw.tɔ.Rɨ.ˈtɾa.tu/
The verdict
“autorretrato” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #69,363 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #69,363
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - retrato de uma pessoa feito por si própria
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | autorretrato |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /aw.tɔ.Rɨ.ˈtɾa.tu/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #69,363 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “autorretrato” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for autorretrato is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /aw.tɔ.Rɨ.ˈtɾa.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #69,363 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "retrato de uma pessoa feito por si própria".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for autorretrato, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is autorretrato, spelled A-U-T-O-R-R-E-T-R-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1retrato de uma pessoa feito por si própria
Synonyms
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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Using “autorretrato”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-U-T-O-R-R-E-T-R-A-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /aw.tɔ.Rɨ.ˈtɾa.tu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.