diretório

//di.ɾɛ.ˈtɔ.ɾju// noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,439

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

diretório is aPortuguesenoun. It means: comissão diretora Pronounced /di.ɾɛ.ˈtɔ.ɾju/. Often confused with diretoria.

Key facts for diretório
PropertyValue
Headworddiretório
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/di.ɾɛ.ˈtɔ.ɾju/
Letters9
Frequency rank#11,439
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for diretório is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /di.ɾɛ.ˈtɔ.ɾju/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,439 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for diretório, with forms such as "ddiretório", "diertório", and "diretróio". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "diretoria", 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 diretório, spelled D-I-R-E-T-Ó-R-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    comissão diretora
  2. 2
    conselho que tem a seu cargo a gerência dos negócios públicos
  3. 3
    estrutura que guarda e organiza arquivos/ficheiros e outro(s) diretórios

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddiretório,diertório,diretróio,direttório,diretóiro,diretóroi,diretórrio,direótrio,dirretório,dirteório,drietório,idretório

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for diretório

Misspelling Variants of "diretório"

ddiretório10diertório9diretróio9direttório10diretóiro9diretóroi9diretórrio10direótrio9
Misspelling Variants of "diretório"

Frequency rank: #11,439 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "diretório"?
"diretório" is spelled D-I-R-E-T-Ó-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is /di.ɾɛ.ˈtɔ.ɾju/.
What does "diretório" mean?
As a noun, "diretório" means: comissão diretora
What words are commonly confused with "diretório"?
"diretório" is commonly confused with "diretoria". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "diretório"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diretório" is /di.ɾɛ.ˈtɔ.ɾju/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "diretório" come from?
"diretório" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our Portuguese index:

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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.