certamente

//sɛɾ.tɐ.ˈmẽ.tɨ// adv

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,601

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

certamente is anPortugueseadv. It means: decerto, seguramente, sem dúvida, com certeza, por certo Pronounced /sɛɾ.tɐ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/. It ranks #1,601 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with cegamente.

Key facts for certamente
PropertyValue
Headwordcertamente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdv
IPA/sɛɾ.tɐ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,601
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for certamente is 10 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sɛɾ.tɐ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,601 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for certamente, with forms such as "ccertamente", "ceratmente", and "cerrtamente". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "cegamente", 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 certamente, spelled C-E-R-T-A-M-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    decerto, seguramente, sem dúvida, com certeza, por certo
  2. 2
    na verdade

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccertamente,ceratmente,cerrtamente,certaemnte,certamenet,certamennte,certamentte,certametne,certammente,certamnete,certmaente,certtamente,cetramente,cretamente,ecrtamente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for certamente

Misspelling Variants of "certamente"

ccertamente11ceratmente10cerrtamente11certaemnte10certamenet10certamennte11certamentte11certametne10
Misspelling Variants of "certamente"

Frequency rank: #1,601 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "certamente"?
"certamente" is spelled C-E-R-T-A-M-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /sɛɾ.tɐ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/.
What does "certamente" mean?
As an adv, "certamente" means: decerto, seguramente, sem dúvida, com certeza, por certo
What words are commonly confused with "certamente"?
"certamente" is commonly confused with "cegamente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "certamente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "certamente" is /sɛɾ.tɐ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "certamente" come from?
"certamente" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.