fosfato

noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,725

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

fosfato is aPortuguesenoun. It means: íon poliatômico ou um radical consistindo de um átomo de fósforo e quatro de oxigênio Often confused with fósforo and formato.

Key facts for fosfato
PropertyValue
Headwordfosfato
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#34,725
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for fosfato is 7 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #34,725 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "íon poliatômico ou um radical consistindo de um átomo de fósforo e quatro de oxigênio".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for fosfato, with forms such as "ffosfato", "fofsato", and "fosafto". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "fósforo", "formato", 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 fosfato, spelled F-O-S-F-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
    íon poliatômico ou um radical consistindo de um átomo de fósforo e quatro de oxigênio

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffosfato,fofsato,fosafto,fosfaot,fosfatto,fosffato,fosftao,fossfato,fsofato,ofsfato

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fosfato

Misspelling Variants of "fosfato"

ffosfato8fofsato7fosafto7fosfaot7fosfatto8fosffato8fosftao7fossfato8
Misspelling Variants of "fosfato"

Frequency rank: #34,725 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fosfato"?
"fosfato" is spelled F-O-S-F-A-T-O.
What does "fosfato" mean?
As a noun, "fosfato" means: íon poliatômico ou um radical consistindo de um átomo de fósforo e quatro de oxigênio
What words are commonly confused with "fosfato"?
"fosfato" is commonly confused with "fósforo", "formato". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "fosfato" come from?
"fosfato" 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.