catarse

//kɐ.ˈtaɾ.zɨ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,874

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

catarse is aPortuguesenoun. It means: purificação das almas através da descarga emocional provocada por um drama Pronounced /kɐ.ˈtaɾ.zɨ/. Often confused with catorze and cabaré.

Key facts for catarse
PropertyValue
Headwordcatarse
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɐ.ˈtaɾ.zɨ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#30,874
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for catarse is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɐ.ˈtaɾ.zɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #30,874 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for catarse, with forms such as "actarse", "caatrse", and "catares". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "catorze", "cabaré", "catarro", 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 catarse, spelled C-A-T-A-R-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    purificação das almas através da descarga emocional provocada por um drama
  2. 2
    método que consiste em trazer à tona recordações reprimidas
  3. 3
    purgação, evacuação (dos intestinos)
  4. 4
    efeito benéfico de purificação do espírito do espectador por meio da purgação dos sentimentos de terror ou piedade proporcionado pela contemplação do espetáculo trágico, conceituado pelo filósofo grego Aristóteles
  5. 5
    ritual de purificação a que os iniciados nos mistérios de Elêusis deveriam se submeter para se transformarem em sacerdotes, na Grécia antiga

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: actarse,caatrse,catares,catarrse,catarsse,catasre,catrase,cattarse,ccatarse,ctaarse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for catarse

Misspelling Variants of "catarse"

actarse7caatrse7catares7catarrse8catarsse8catasre7catrase7cattarse8
Misspelling Variants of "catarse"

Frequency rank: #30,874 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "catarse"?
"catarse" is spelled C-A-T-A-R-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐ.ˈtaɾ.zɨ/.
What does "catarse" mean?
As a noun, "catarse" means: purificação das almas através da descarga emocional provocada por um drama
What words are commonly confused with "catarse"?
"catarse" is commonly confused with "catorze", "cabaré", "catarro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "catarse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "catarse" is /kɐ.ˈtaɾ.zɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "catarse" come from?
"catarse" 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.