confraria
/kõ.fɾɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ/
The verdict
“confraria” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #24,911 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #24,911
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - associação laica que funciona sob princípios religiosos, fundada por pessoas piedosas que se comprometem a realizar conjuntamente práticas caritativas, assistenciais etc.; congregação, irmandade
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 | confraria |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kõ.fɾɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #24,911 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “confraria” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for confraria is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kõ.fɾɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #24,911 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for confraria, with forms such as "cconfraria", "cnofraria", and "cofnraria". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "contrário", "contrariar", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is confraria, spelled C-O-N-F-R-A-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1associação laica que funciona sob princípios religiosos, fundada por pessoas piedosas que se comprometem a realizar conjuntamente práticas caritativas, assistenciais etc.; congregação, irmandade
- 2(Derivação: por extensão de sentido) associação ou conjunto de pessoas do mesmo ofício, da mesma categoria ou que levam um mesmo modo de vida
- 3(Derivação: por extensão de sentido) conjunto geralmente restrito de pessoas unidas por um liame comum, profissional, corporativo ou outro; sociedade, associação
- 4sociedade teatral que na França, na Idade Média, montava espetáculos religiosos, farsas e pantomimas
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cconfraria,cnofraria,cofnraria,confarria,conffraria,confraira,confrarai,confrarria,confrraia,confrraria,connfraria,conrfaria,ocnfraria
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of confraria - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “confraria”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-N-F-R-A-R-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kõ.fɾɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “contrário” - see the side-by-side comparison. confraria vs contrário
- 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.