confraria

//kõ.fɾɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ// noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,911

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

confraria is aPortuguesenoun. It means: associação laica que funciona sob princípios religiosos, fundada por pessoas piedosas que se comprometem a realizar conjuntamente práticas caritativas, assistenciais etc.; congregação, irmandade Pronounced /kõ.fɾɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ/. Often confused with contrário and contrariar.

Key facts for confraria
PropertyValue
Headwordconfraria
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kõ.fɾɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#24,911
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for confraria is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for confraria, with forms such as "cconfraria", "cnofraria", and "cofnraria". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "contrário", "contrariar", 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 confraria, spelled C-O-N-F-R-A-R-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    associação laica que funciona sob princípios religiosos, fundada por pessoas piedosas que se comprometem a realizar conjuntamente práticas caritativas, assistenciais etc.; congregação, irmandade
  2. 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. 3
    (Derivação: por extensão de sentido) conjunto geralmente restrito de pessoas unidas por um liame comum, profissional, corporativo ou outro; sociedade, associação
  4. 4
    sociedade 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for confraria

Misspelling Variants of "confraria"

cconfraria10cnofraria9cofnraria9confarria9conffraria10confraira9confrarai9confrarria10
Misspelling Variants of "confraria"

Frequency rank: #24,911 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "confraria"?
"confraria" is spelled C-O-N-F-R-A-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kõ.fɾɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ/.
What does "confraria" mean?
As a noun, "confraria" means: associação laica que funciona sob princípios religiosos, fundada por pessoas piedosas que se comprometem a realizar conjuntamente práticas caritativas, assistenciais etc.; congregação, irmandade
What words are commonly confused with "confraria"?
"confraria" is commonly confused with "contrário", "contrariar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "confraria"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "confraria" is /kõ.fɾɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "confraria" come from?
"confraria" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.