faltar
/faɫ.ˈtaɾ/
The verdict
“faltar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,027. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,027
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - encontrar-se sem algo do que é preciso, haver falta de, não ter aquilo que é necessário
Corpus desk
Index PT-faltar · faltar · Portuguese
faltar · rank #7,027 · 9 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,027
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH friends
Nearest frequency peer: friends (+2 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 “faltar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- enxergar
enxergar
92,980 corpus weight
- escudo
escudo
92,979 corpus weight
- especializa…
especializado
92,978 corpus weight
- faltar
faltar
92,974 corpus weight
- friends
friends
92,972 corpus weight
- grade
grade
92,971 corpus weight
What this shows “faltar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | faltar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /faɫ.ˈtaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,027 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “faltar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around faltar (IPA /faɫ.ˈtaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,027 among 853 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for faltar, with forms such as "afltar", "falatr", and "falltar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "fator", "filmar", "fritar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is faltar, spelled F-A-L-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1encontrar-se sem algo do que é preciso, haver falta de, não ter aquilo que é necessário
- 2não existir.
- 3não estar presente.
- 4falecer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faltar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Falta amor entre os humanos.
Faltou luz mas era dia.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afltar
- falatr
- falltar
- faltarr
- faltra
- falttar
- fatlar
- ffaltar
- flatar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of faltar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "faltar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).