cantata
The verdict
“cantata” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #44,256 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #44,256
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - composição vocal, para uma ou mais vozes, com acompanhamento instrumental, às vezes também com coro, de inspiração religiosa ou profana, contendo normalmente mais de um movimento e cujo texto, em v...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cantata |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #44,256 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cantata” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for cantata is 7 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #44,256 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "composição vocal, para uma ou mais vozes, com acompanhamento instrumental, às vezes também com coro, de inspiração religiosa ou profana, contendo normalmente mais de um movimento e cujo texto, em v...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cantata, with forms such as "acntata", "canatta", and "canntata". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "contato", "cascata", "cantina", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is cantata, spelled C-A-N-T-A-T-A.
Definition
- 1composição vocal, para uma ou mais vozes, com acompanhamento instrumental, às vezes também com coro, de inspiração religiosa ou profana, contendo normalmente mais de um movimento e cujo texto, em vez de ser historiado, descrevendo um fato dramático qualquer, é lírico, descrevendo uma situação psicológica
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acntata,canatta,canntata,cantaat,cantatta,canttaa,canttata,catnata,ccantata,cnatata
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cantata - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “cantata”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-N-T-A-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “contato” - see the side-by-side comparison. cantata vs contato
- 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.