camisa

//kɐ.ˈmi.zɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,132

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

camisa is aPortuguesenoun. It means: peça de vestuário para vestir de dia em tecido leve para o tronco e braços com a fralda curta Pronounced /kɐ.ˈmi.zɐ/. It ranks #2,132 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with casa and coisa.

Key facts for camisa
PropertyValue
Headwordcamisa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɐ.ˈmi.zɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,132
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for camisa is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɐ.ˈmi.zɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,132 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for camisa, with forms such as "acmisa", "caimsa", and "camias". 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, "casa", "coisa", "causa", 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 camisa, spelled C-A-M-I-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    peça de vestuário para vestir de dia em tecido leve para o tronco e braços com a fralda curta
  2. 2
    peça de vestuário feminino para dormir com a forma de vestido ou de túnica
  3. 3
    folhelho da espiga do milho
  4. 4
    revestimento interior dos cilindros nos motores de explosão interna

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acmisa,caimsa,camias,camissa,cammisa,camsia,ccamisa,cmaisa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for camisa

Misspelling Variants of "camisa"

acmisa6caimsa6camias6camissa7cammisa7camsia6ccamisa7cmaisa6
Misspelling Variants of "camisa"

Frequency rank: #2,132 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "camisa"?
"camisa" is spelled C-A-M-I-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐ.ˈmi.zɐ/.
What does "camisa" mean?
As a noun, "camisa" means: peça de vestuário para vestir de dia em tecido leve para o tronco e braços com a fralda curta
What words are commonly confused with "camisa"?
"camisa" is commonly confused with "casa", "coisa", "causa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "camisa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "camisa" is /kɐ.ˈmi.zɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "camisa" come from?
"camisa" 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 C 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.