barato

//bɐ.ˈɾa.tu// adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,820

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

barato is anPortugueseadj. It means: de baixo preço Pronounced /bɐ.ˈɾa.tu/. It ranks #3,820 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with Bart and braço.

Key facts for barato
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Headwordbarato
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/bɐ.ˈɾa.tu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,820
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for barato is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bɐ.ˈɾa.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,820 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "de baixo preço".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for barato, with forms such as "abrato", "baarto", and "baraot". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Bart", "braço", "barco", 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 barato, spelled B-A-R-A-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    de baixo preço

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abrato,baarto,baraot,baratto,barrato,bartao,bbarato,braato

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for barato

Misspelling Variants of "barato"

abrato6baarto6baraot6baratto7barrato7bartao6bbarato7braato6
Misspelling Variants of "barato"

Frequency rank: #3,820 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "barato"?
"barato" is spelled B-A-R-A-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /bɐ.ˈɾa.tu/.
What does "barato" mean?
As an adj, "barato" means: de baixo preço
What words are commonly confused with "barato"?
"barato" is commonly confused with "Bart", "braço", "barco". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "barato"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barato" is /bɐ.ˈɾa.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "barato" come from?
"barato" 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 B 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.