estátua

//iʃ.ˈta.twɐ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,944

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

estátua is aPortuguesenoun. It means: obra de arte desenvolvida no espaço (três dimensões) que representa um ser, normalmente uma mulher ou um homem Pronounced /iʃ.ˈta.twɐ/. It ranks #5,944 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with estatuto and estatura.

Key facts for estátua
PropertyValue
Headwordestátua
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/iʃ.ˈta.twɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,944
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for estátua is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /iʃ.ˈta.twɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,944 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "obra de arte desenvolvida no espaço (três dimensões) que representa um ser, normalmente uma mulher ou um homem".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for estátua, with forms such as "esstátua", "esttátua", and "esttáua". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "estatuto", "estatura", "estatueta", 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 estátua, spelled E-S-T-Á-T-U-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    obra de arte desenvolvida no espaço (três dimensões) que representa um ser, normalmente uma mulher ou um homem

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esstátua,esttátua,esttáua,estátau,estáttua,estáuta,esáttua,etsátua,setátua

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for estátua

Misspelling Variants of "estátua"

esstátua8esttátua8esttáua7estátau7estáttua8estáuta7esáttua7etsátua7
Misspelling Variants of "estátua"

Frequency rank: #5,944 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "estátua"?
"estátua" is spelled E-S-T-Á-T-U-A. The IPA pronunciation is /iʃ.ˈta.twɐ/.
What does "estátua" mean?
As a noun, "estátua" means: obra de arte desenvolvida no espaço (três dimensões) que representa um ser, normalmente uma mulher ou um homem
What words are commonly confused with "estátua"?
"estátua" is commonly confused with "estatuto", "estatura", "estatueta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "estátua"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "estátua" is /iʃ.ˈta.twɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "estátua" come from?
"estátua" 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.