fronteira

/[fɾõⁿ.'te.ɾɐ]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,570

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

fronteira is aPortuguesenoun. It means: parte extrema de uma área, região etc., a parte limítrofe de um espaço em relação a outro Pronounced [fɾõⁿ.'te.ɾɐ]. It ranks #1,570 in Portuguese word frequency.

Key facts for fronteira
PropertyValue
Headwordfronteira
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɾõⁿ.'te.ɾɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,570
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for fronteira is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɾõⁿ.'te.ɾɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,570 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 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for fronteira, with forms such as "ffronteira", "fornteira", and "frnoteira". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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 fronteira, spelled F-R-O-N-T-E-I-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    parte extrema de uma área, região etc., a parte limítrofe de um espaço em relação a outro
  2. 2
    (Derivação: por extensão de sentido) a área contígua a essa parte extrema
  3. 3
    o marco, a raia, a linha divisória entre duas áreas, regiões, estados, países etc.
  4. 4
    (Derivação: por extensão de sentido) o fim, o termo, o limite especialmente do espaço
  5. 5
    (Derivação: sentido figurado) o limite, o ponto extremo de algo de cunho abstrato
  6. 6
    (Derivação: sentido figurado [da acepção 3]) o limiar, a raia, o limite entre dois espaços, estados, situações etc.
  7. 7
    região de separação entre um sistema físico e a sua região externa
  8. 8
    a totalidade dos pontos existentes nas linhas fronteiriças de um conjunto; contorno
  9. 9
    (Diacronismo: antigo) expedição militar que objetivava defender os confins de um país, região etc.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffronteira,fornteira,frnoteira,fronetira,fronnteira,fronteiar,fronteirra,fronteria,frontiera,frontteira,frotneira,frronteira,rfonteira

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fronteira

Misspelling Variants of "fronteira"

ffronteira10fornteira9frnoteira9fronetira9fronnteira10fronteiar9fronteirra10fronteria9
Misspelling Variants of "fronteira"

Frequency rank: #1,570 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fronteira"?
"fronteira" is spelled F-R-O-N-T-E-I-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [fɾõⁿ.'te.ɾɐ].
What does "fronteira" mean?
As a noun, "fronteira" means: parte extrema de uma área, região etc., a parte limítrofe de um espaço em relação a outro
What are common misspellings of "fronteira"?
Common misspellings include "ffronteira", "fornteira", "frnoteira", "fronetira", "fronnteira". The correct spelling is "fronteira".
How do you pronounce "fronteira"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fronteira" is [fɾõⁿ.'te.ɾɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fronteira" come from?
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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.