confraria

/kõ.fɾɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ/

//kõ.fɾɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ// noun

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The verdict

“confraria” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #24,911. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,911
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - associação laica que funciona sob princípios religiosos, fundada por pessoas piedosas que se comprometem a realizar conjuntamente práticas caritativas, assistenciais etc.; congregação, irmandade

Corpus desk

Index PT-confraria · confraria · Portuguese

confraria · rank #24,911 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,911
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH comercialmente

Nearest frequency peer: comercialmente (-8 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “confraria”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “confraria” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

confraria vs contrário
67% similar
confraria vs contrariar
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “confraria”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).confrariacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “comercialmente” (#24,903), “cotação” (#24,924), “chilenos” (#24,897). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “confraria” fica em #24,911. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around confraria (IPA /kõ.fɾɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,911 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how confraria appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. a confraria dos negociantes
  2. a confraria dos gastrônomos

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.

cconfraria1cnofraria2cofnraria2confarria2conffraria1confraira2confrarai2confrarria1
Edit distance from "confraria"

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.

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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "confraria", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cabeçalho#24,882estranhar#24,971Guillaume#25,001uruguaios#24,814

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

legalizar13 variantsreprovação13 variantsrepartição13 variantshumanismo13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list