conversa

//kõ.ˈvɛɾ.sɐ// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,006

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

conversa is aPortuguesenoun. It means: troca de informações entre duas ou mais pessoas por via oral Pronounced /kõ.ˈvɛɾ.sɐ/. It ranks #1,006 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with convés and converso.

Key facts for conversa
PropertyValue
Headwordconversa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kõ.ˈvɛɾ.sɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,006
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for conversa is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kõ.ˈvɛɾ.sɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,006 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 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for conversa, with forms such as "cconversa", "cnoversa", and "conevrsa". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "convés", "converso", "conversar", and more, 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 conversa, spelled C-O-N-V-E-R-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    troca de informações entre duas ou mais pessoas por via oral
  2. 2
    mentira

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconversa,cnoversa,conevrsa,connversa,converas,converrsa,converssa,convesra,convresa,convversa,covnersa,ocnversa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for conversa

Misspelling Variants of "conversa"

cconversa9cnoversa8conevrsa8connversa9converas8converrsa9converssa9convesra8
Misspelling Variants of "conversa"

Frequency rank: #1,006 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "conversa"?
"conversa" is spelled C-O-N-V-E-R-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kõ.ˈvɛɾ.sɐ/.
What does "conversa" mean?
As a noun, "conversa" means: troca de informações entre duas ou mais pessoas por via oral
What words are commonly confused with "conversa"?
"conversa" is commonly confused with "convés", "converso", "conversar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conversa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conversa" is /kõ.ˈvɛɾ.sɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conversa" come from?
"conversa" 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.