cátedra
The verdict
“cátedra” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #29,665 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #29,665
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: cadeira de quem ensina; cadeira professoral
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cátedra |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈka.tɨ.dɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #29,665 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cátedra” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for cátedra is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈka.tɨ.dɾɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #29,665 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 generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cátedra, with forms such as "ccátedra", "ctáedra", and "cáetdra". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "catedral", "cadeira", "carteira", 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 cátedra, spelled C-Á-T-E-D-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1cadeira de quem ensina; cadeira professoral
- 2cadeira pontifícia
- 3cargo que ocupavam os concursados a professor catedrático do ensino superior, abolido em 1968
- 4disciplina ensinada pelo professor dessa categoria
- 5designação comum às plantas do gênero Cathedra
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccátedra,ctáedra,cáetdra,cátdera,cátedar,cáteddra,cátedrra,cáterda,cáttedra,áctedra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cátedra — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "cátedra"
Frequency rank: #29,665 in Portuguese
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Using “cátedra”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-Á-T-E-D-R-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈka.tɨ.dɾɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “catedral” — see the side-by-side comparison. cátedra vs catedral
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Nearby Portuguese words
Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index: