elite

//ɛ.ˈli.tɨ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,389

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

elite is aPortuguesenoun. It means: o que há de melhor na sociedade Pronounced /ɛ.ˈli.tɨ/. It ranks #3,389 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with este and Ente.

Key facts for elite
PropertyValue
Headwordelite
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɛ.ˈli.tɨ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,389
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for elite is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɛ.ˈli.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,389 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "o que há de melhor na sociedade".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for elite, with forms such as "eilte", "eliet", and "elitte". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "este", "Ente", "exit", 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 elite, spelled E-L-I-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    o que há de melhor na sociedade

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eilte,eliet,elitte,ellite,eltie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for elite

Misspelling Variants of "elite"

eilte5eliet5elitte6ellite6eltie5
Misspelling Variants of "elite"

Frequency rank: #3,389 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "elite"?
"elite" is spelled E-L-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ɛ.ˈli.tɨ/.
What does "elite" mean?
As a noun, "elite" means: o que há de melhor na sociedade
What words are commonly confused with "elite"?
"elite" is commonly confused with "este", "Ente", "exit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "elite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "elite" is /ɛ.ˈli.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "elite" come from?
"elite" 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 E in our Portuguese index:

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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.