Eritreia
/e.ɾi.ˈtɾɛ.jɐ/
The verdict
“Eritreia” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #19,703 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #19,703
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - país localizado ao leste da África, é banhado pelo Mar Vermelho e faz fronteira com o Djibouti, Etiópia e Sudão
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eritreia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /e.ɾi.ˈtɾɛ.jɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #19,703 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Eritreia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Eritreia is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /e.ɾi.ˈtɾɛ.jɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #19,703 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "país localizado ao leste da África, é banhado pelo Mar Vermelho e faz fronteira com o Djibouti, Etiópia e Sudão".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Eritreia, with forms such as "eirtreia", "erirteia", and "eriteria". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "estreia", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is Eritreia, spelled E-R-I-T-R-E-I-A.
Definition
- 1país localizado ao leste da África, é banhado pelo Mar Vermelho e faz fronteira com o Djibouti, Etiópia e Sudão
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eirtreia,erirteia,eriteria,eritreai,eritriea,eritrreia,erittreia,erritreia,ertireia,reitreia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Eritreia - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “Eritreia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-R-I-T-R-E-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /e.ɾi.ˈtɾɛ.jɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “estreia” - see the side-by-side comparison. Eritreia vs estreia
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.