impressora
/ĩ.pɾɨ.ˈso.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“impressora” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #16,312 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #16,312
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - equipamento usado para imprimir
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impressora |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ĩ.pɾɨ.ˈso.ɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #16,312 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “impressora” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for impressora is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ĩ.pɾɨ.ˈso.ɾɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #16,312 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 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 impressora, with forms such as "immpressora", "imperssora", and "imppressora". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "impresso", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is impressora, spelled I-M-P-R-E-S-S-O-R-A.
Definition
- 1equipamento usado para imprimir
- 2aparelho que reproduz os dados de saída de um computador, registrando-os com tinta ou pigmento sobre papel ou outro suporte similar
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: immpressora,imperssora,imppressora,impresora,impresosra,impressoar,impressorra,impressroa,imprressora,imprsesora,imrpessora,ipmressora,mipressora
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of impressora - 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.
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.
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Using “impressora”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-M-P-R-E-S-S-O-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ĩ.pɾɨ.ˈso.ɾɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “impresso” - see the side-by-side comparison. impressora vs impresso
- 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.