formato
/fuɾ.ˈma.tu/
The verdict
“formato” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,886 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,886
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - configuração física, aparência de uma pessoa ou coisa; feitio, forma
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 | formato |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fuɾ.ˈma.tu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,886 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “formato” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for formato is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for formato, with forms such as "fformato", "fomrato", and "foramto". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "formoso", "fosfato", "formar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is formato, spelled F-O-R-M-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1configuração física, aparência de uma pessoa ou coisa; feitio, forma
- 2dimensões 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.)
- 3conjunto das dimensões (altura e largura) de um livro
- 4dimensão característica de uma folha de papel, tradicionalmente indicada por sua marca d'água
- 5tamanho de cartão e envelope etc, expresso por medidas convencionais
- 6a largura de um filme (As medidas mais usadas são 35 mm, 16 mm e 8 mm.)
- 7dimensão característica de algo (por exemplo, fotografia, filme, revista etc)
- 8gênero, característica, organização (por exemplo, para um programa de TV)
- 9padrão 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of formato - 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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Using “formato”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-O-R-M-A-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /fuɾ.ˈma.tu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “formoso” - see the side-by-side comparison. formato vs formoso
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.