glória

//ˈɡlɔ.ɾjɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,838

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

glória is aPortuguesenoun. It means: fama, reputação ilustre Pronounced /ˈɡlɔ.ɾjɐ/. It ranks #2,838 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with glory and guria.

Key facts for glória
PropertyValue
Headwordglória
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɡlɔ.ɾjɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,838
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for glória is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɡlɔ.ɾjɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,838 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for glória, with forms such as "gglória", "gllória", and "glróia". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "glory", "guria", "gorila", and more, 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 glória, spelled G-L-Ó-R-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    fama, reputação ilustre
  2. 2
    celebridade adquirida por grande mérito
  3. 3
    esplendor
  4. 4
    alegria
  5. 5
    bem-aventurança

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: gglória,gllória,glróia,glóira,glórai,glórria,gólria,lgória

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for glória

Misspelling Variants of "glória"

gglória7gllória7glróia6glóira6glórai6glórria7gólria6lgória6
Misspelling Variants of "glória"

Frequency rank: #2,838 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "glória"?
"glória" is spelled G-L-Ó-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɡlɔ.ɾjɐ/.
What does "glória" mean?
As a noun, "glória" means: fama, reputação ilustre
What words are commonly confused with "glória"?
"glória" is commonly confused with "glory", "guria", "gorila". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "glória"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "glória" is /ˈɡlɔ.ɾjɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "glória" come from?
"glória" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter G in our Portuguese index:

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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.