culatra

noun

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The verdict

“culatra” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #28,922. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,922
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parte subsequente ao cano de uma arma de fogo

Corpus desk

Index PT-culatra · culatra · Portuguese

culatra · rank #28,922 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,922
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH dardo

Nearest frequency peer: dardo (+4 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 “culatra”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “culatra” 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).

culatra vs cultura
71% similar
culatra vs clara
71% similar
culatra vs cuatro
71% similar

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

Key facts for culatra
PropertyValue
Headwordculatra
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#28,922
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “culatra”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).culatracai 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 “dardo” (#28,926), “demente” (#28,930), “condicionamento” (#28,911). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “culatra” fica em #28,922. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around culatra, anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,922 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "parte subsequente ao cano de uma arma de fogo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for culatra, with forms such as "cculatra", "cluatra", and "cualtra". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "cultura", "clara", "cuatro", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is culatra, spelled C-U-L-A-T-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    parte subsequente ao cano de uma arma de fogo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. As chapas dos mastros, a culatra das peças, varais de escotilha, tudo quanto é aço e metal amarelo reluz fortemente, encandeando a vista.

This word in other languages

culata(Español)culasse(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cculatra
  • cluatra
  • cualtra
  • cularta
  • culatar
  • culatrra
  • culattra
  • cullatra
  • cultara
  • uclatra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of culatra - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cculatra1cluatra2cualtra2cularta2culatar2culatrra1culattra1cullatra1
Edit distance from "culatra"

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 "culatra"?
"culatra" is spelled C-U-L-A-T-R-A.
What does "culatra" mean?
As a noun, "culatra" means: parte subsequente ao cano de uma arma de fogo
What words are commonly confused with "culatra"?
"culatra" is commonly confused with "cultura", "clara", "cuatro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "culatra" come from?
"culatra" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

demente#28,930chassis#28,900carimbo#28,892errante#28,960

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

esgrima10 variantshaitiano10 variantsjumento10 variantsmitigar10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list