cinturão

//sĩ.tu.ˈɾɐ̃w̃// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,705

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

cinturão is aPortuguesenoun. It means: grande cinto, geralmente de couro; cinta Pronounced /sĩ.tu.ˈɾɐ̃w̃/. Often confused with centurião.

Key facts for cinturão
PropertyValue
Headwordcinturão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/sĩ.tu.ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
Letters8
Frequency rank#16,705
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cinturão is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sĩ.tu.ˈɾɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #16,705 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "grande cinto, geralmente de couro; cinta".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for cinturão, with forms such as "ccinturão", "cinnturão", and "cintruão". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "centurião", 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 cinturão, spelled C-I-N-T-U-R-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    grande cinto, geralmente de couro; cinta

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccinturão,cinnturão,cintruão,cintturão,cinturoã,cinturrão,cintuãro,cinutrão,citnurão,cniturão,icnturão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cinturão

Misspelling Variants of "cinturão"

ccinturão9cinnturão9cintruão8cintturão9cinturoã8cinturrão9cintuãro8cinutrão8
Misspelling Variants of "cinturão"

Frequency rank: #16,705 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cinturão"?
"cinturão" is spelled C-I-N-T-U-R-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /sĩ.tu.ˈɾɐ̃w̃/.
What does "cinturão" mean?
As a noun, "cinturão" means: grande cinto, geralmente de couro; cinta
What words are commonly confused with "cinturão"?
"cinturão" is commonly confused with "centurião". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cinturão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cinturão" is /sĩ.tu.ˈɾɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cinturão" come from?
"cinturão" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.