garrafa

noun

The verdict

“garrafa” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #4,911 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#4,911
frequency rank, Portuguese
7
letters
8
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - recipiente de gargalo e boca estreitos, geralmente de vidro, cristal ou louça e sem alça(s), destinado a conter líquido

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

garrafa vs girafa
71% similar
garrafa vs garrafão
75% similar
garrafa vs garra
71% similar

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

Key facts for garrafa
PropertyValue
Headwordgarrafa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,911
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “garrafa” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). garrafa lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for garrafa is 7 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #4,911 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for garrafa, with forms such as "agrrafa", "garafa", and "gararfa". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "girafa", "garrafão", "garra", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is garrafa, spelled G-A-R-R-A-F-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    recipiente de gargalo e boca estreitos, geralmente de vidro, cristal ou louça e sem alça(s), destinado a conter líquido
  2. 2
    a quantidade de líquido contido numa garrafa
  3. 3
    medida de capacidade de líquidos que corresponde a dois terços de litro

Synonyms

garrafada

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agrrafa,garafa,gararfa,garraaf,garraffa,garrfaa,ggarrafa,grarafa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of garrafa - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

agrrafa2garafa1gararfa2garraaf2garraffa1garrfaa2ggarrafa1grarafa2
Edit distance from "garrafa"

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 "garrafa"?
"garrafa" is spelled G-A-R-R-A-F-A.
What does "garrafa" mean?
As a noun, "garrafa" means: recipiente de gargalo e boca estreitos, geralmente de vidro, cristal ou louça e sem alça(s), destinado a conter líquido
What words are commonly confused with "garrafa"?
"garrafa" is commonly confused with "girafa", "garrafão", "garra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "garrafa" come from?
"garrafa" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “garrafa”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-A-R-R-A-F-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “girafa” - see the side-by-side comparison. garrafa vs girafa
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list