flauta
/ˈflaw.tɐ/
The verdict
“flauta” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #16,768. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,768
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - instrumento musical comprido e tubiforme de sopro sem palheta e com buracos
Corpus desk
Index PT-flauta · flauta · Portuguese
flauta · rank #16,768 · 8 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,768
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH firmar
Nearest frequency peer: firmar (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “flauta”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- feeling
feeling
83,238 corpus weight
- filosófico
filosófico
83,237 corpus weight
- filtrar
filtrar
83,236 corpus weight
- firmar
firmar
83,235 corpus weight
- flauta
flauta
83,233 corpus weight
- fraga
fraga
83,230 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “flauta” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | flauta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈflaw.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,768 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “flauta” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around flauta (IPA /ˈflaw.tɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,768 among 853 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "instrumento musical comprido e tubiforme de sopro sem palheta e com buracos".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for flauta, with forms such as "faluta", "fflauta", and "flatua". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "fruta", "flat", "falta", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is flauta, spelled F-L-A-U-T-A.
Definition
- 1instrumento musical comprido e tubiforme de sopro sem palheta e com buracos
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- faluta
- fflauta
- flatua
- flauat
- flautta
- fllauta
- fluata
- lfauta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flauta - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "flauta", 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 (8 here; floor ≥5).
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.