formato

//fuɾ.ˈma.tu// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,886

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

formato is aPortuguesenoun. It means: configuração física, aparência de uma pessoa ou coisa; feitio, forma Pronounced /fuɾ.ˈma.tu/. It ranks #1,886 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with formoso and fosfato.

Key facts for formato
PropertyValue
Headwordformato
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/fuɾ.ˈma.tu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,886
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for formato is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fuɾ.ˈma.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,886 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 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 formato, with forms such as "fformato", "fomrato", and "foramto". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "formoso", "fosfato", "formar", 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 formato, spelled F-O-R-M-A-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    configuração física, aparência de uma pessoa ou coisa; feitio, forma
  2. 2
    dimensões de um impresso (livro, jornal etc.) determinadas pelo número de dobras a que se sujeita ou não a folha a imprimir (Sem dobrar a folha: formato in-plano; uma dobra, duas páginas de cada lado, totalizando quatro páginas: formato in-fólio; duas dobras, oito páginas: formato in-quarto; três dobras, 16 páginas: formato in-oitavo; quatro dobras, formato in-doze, e assim sucessivamente.)
  3. 3
    conjunto das dimensões (altura e largura) de um livro
  4. 4
    dimensão característica de uma folha de papel, tradicionalmente indicada por sua marca d'água
  5. 5
    tamanho de cartão e envelope etc, expresso por medidas convencionais
  6. 6
    a largura de um filme (As medidas mais usadas são 35 mm, 16 mm e 8 mm.)
  7. 7
    dimensão característica de algo (por exemplo, fotografia, filme, revista etc)
  8. 8
    gênero, característica, organização (por exemplo, para um programa de TV)
  9. 9
    padrão magnético criado por quem faz uma formatação (por exemplo, de um arquivo, impressora, monitor, modem, disco rígido, disquete etc)

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fformato,fomrato,foramto,formaot,formatto,formmato,formtao,forrmato,fromato,ofrmato

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for formato

Misspelling Variants of "formato"

fformato8fomrato7foramto7formaot7formatto8formmato8formtao7forrmato8
Misspelling Variants of "formato"

Frequency rank: #1,886 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "formato"?
"formato" is spelled F-O-R-M-A-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /fuɾ.ˈma.tu/.
What does "formato" mean?
As a noun, "formato" means: configuração física, aparência de uma pessoa ou coisa; feitio, forma
What words are commonly confused with "formato"?
"formato" is commonly confused with "formoso", "fosfato", "formar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "formato"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "formato" is /fuɾ.ˈma.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "formato" come from?
"formato" 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.