gritar

//ɡɾi.ˈtaɾ// verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,568

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

gritar is aPortugueseverb. It means: pedir ou reclamar em voz alta: Pronounced /ɡɾi.ˈtaɾ/. It ranks #3,568 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with grito and guiar.

Key facts for gritar
PropertyValue
Headwordgritar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɡɾi.ˈtaɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,568
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for gritar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɡɾi.ˈtaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,568 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for gritar, with forms such as "ggritar", "girtar", and "griatr". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "grito", "guiar", "gruta", 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 gritar, spelled G-R-I-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    pedir ou reclamar em voz alta:
  2. 2
    soltar gritos, bradar, elevar a voz:
  3. 3
    pedir socorro:
  4. 4
    ralhar, barafustar, clamar:

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggritar,girtar,griatr,gritarr,gritra,grittar,grritar,grtiar,rgitar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gritar

Misspelling Variants of "gritar"

ggritar7girtar6griatr6gritarr7gritra6grittar7grritar7grtiar6
Misspelling Variants of "gritar"

Frequency rank: #3,568 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gritar"?
"gritar" is spelled G-R-I-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɡɾi.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "gritar" mean?
As a verb, "gritar" means: pedir ou reclamar em voz alta:
What words are commonly confused with "gritar"?
"gritar" is commonly confused with "grito", "guiar", "gruta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gritar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gritar" is /ɡɾi.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gritar" come from?
"gritar" 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.