fratura

noun

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The verdict

“fratura” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,744. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,744
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ruptura, quebra, ato de fraturar

Corpus desk

Index PT-fratura · fratura · Portuguese

fratura · rank #13,744 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,744
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH formos

Nearest frequency peer: formos (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “fratura”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “fratura” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fratura vs fatura
86% similar
fratura vs fartura
71% similar
fratura vs faturar
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fratura
PropertyValue
Headwordfratura
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,744
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “fratura”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).fraturacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “formos” (#13,742), “fluido” (#13,741), “ferrovia” (#13,739). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “fratura” fica em #13,744. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around fratura, anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,744 among 853 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fratura, with forms such as "ffratura", "fratrua", and "frattura". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "fatura", "fartura", "faturar", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is fratura, spelled F-R-A-T-U-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ruptura, quebra, ato de fraturar
  2. 2
    situação em que há perda da continuidade óssea, geralmente com separação de um osso em dois ou mais fragmentos após um traumatismo
  3. 3
    qualquer separação ou discontinuidade numa formação geológica, que divide a rocha em duas ou mais partes

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how fratura appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O técnico Armando Desessards sofreu fratura no tornozelo e foi transferido para um hospital de Porto Alegre.

This word in other languages

fracture(English)fractura(Español)fracture(Français)knochenbruch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffratura
  • fratrua
  • frattura
  • fratuar
  • fraturra
  • frautra
  • frratura
  • frtaura
  • rfatura

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fratura - 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.

ffratura1fratrua2frattura1fratuar2fraturra1frautra2frratura1frtaura2
Edit distance from "fratura"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fratura"?
"fratura" is spelled F-R-A-T-U-R-A.
What does "fratura" mean?
As a noun, "fratura" means: ruptura, quebra, ato de fraturar
What words are commonly confused with "fratura"?
"fratura" is commonly confused with "fatura", "fartura", "faturar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "fratura" come from?
"fratura" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fratura", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

goleada#13,756habitat#13,760enfoque#13,724malária#13,784

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

formos9 variantsferrovia9 variantsDarwin9 variantsmoleque9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list