flutuar

//flu.ˈtwaɾ// verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,394

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

flutuar is aPortugueseverb. It means: manter(-se) no ar, sem tocar o solo Pronounced /flu.ˈtwaɾ/.

Key facts for flutuar
PropertyValue
Headwordflutuar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/flu.ˈtwaɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#26,394
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for flutuar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /flu.ˈtwaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #26,394 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for flutuar, with forms such as "fflutuar", "fllutuar", and "fltuuar". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 flutuar, spelled F-L-U-T-U-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    manter(-se) no ar, sem tocar o solo
  2. 2
    boiar, vogar sobre as ondas
  3. 3
    tremular ao vento; vacilar
  4. 4
    hesitar; estar indeciso

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fflutuar,fllutuar,fltuuar,flutaur,fluttuar,flutuarr,flutura,fluutar,fultuar,lfutuar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for flutuar

Misspelling Variants of "flutuar"

fflutuar8fllutuar8fltuuar7flutaur7fluttuar8flutuarr8flutura7fluutar7
Misspelling Variants of "flutuar"

Frequency rank: #26,394 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "flutuar"?
"flutuar" is spelled F-L-U-T-U-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /flu.ˈtwaɾ/.
What does "flutuar" mean?
As a verb, "flutuar" means: manter(-se) no ar, sem tocar o solo
What are common misspellings of "flutuar"?
Common misspellings include "fflutuar", "fllutuar", "fltuuar", "flutaur", "fluttuar". The correct spelling is "flutuar".
How do you pronounce "flutuar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flutuar" is /flu.ˈtwaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flutuar" come from?
"flutuar" 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.