lanterna

noun

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The verdict

“lanterna” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,880. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,880
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espécie de lampião cuja luz é resguardada por vidros laterais

Corpus desk

Index PT-lanterna · lanterna · Portuguese

lanterna · rank #9,880 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,880
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH knight

Nearest frequency peer: knight (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “lanterna”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “lanterna” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lanterna
PropertyValue
Headwordlanterna
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,880
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “lanterna”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).lanternacai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “knight” (#9,879), “lente” (#9,881), “licitação” (#9,884). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “lanterna” fica em #9,880. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around lanterna, anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,880 among 581 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for lanterna, with forms such as "alnterna", "lanetrna", and "lannterna". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 lanterna, spelled L-A-N-T-E-R-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    espécie de lampião cuja luz é resguardada por vidros laterais
  2. 2
    instrumento portátil utilizado para iluminação
  3. 3
    fresta
  4. 4
    farol
  5. 5
    a posição num ranqueamento equivalente a posição mais baixa, a mais distante da primeira posição

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how lanterna appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. É fácil achar o restaurante: na praça meio mal iluminada, sombreada pelas árvores, procure pela lanterna vermelha.
  2. Mas, ao chegar à superfície, em vez do silêncio e do céu estrelado, encontrei uma figura de pé no cais próximo, com uma lanterna na mão.

Synonyms

lampadáriolucerna

This word in other languages

flashlight(English)linterna(Español)lampe de poche(Français)Taschenlampe(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alnterna
  • lanetrna
  • lannterna
  • lantenra
  • lanteran
  • lanternna
  • lanterrna
  • lantrena
  • lantterna
  • latnerna
  • llanterna
  • lnaterna

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lanterna - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

alnterna2lanetrna2lannterna1lantenra2lanteran2lanternna1lanterrna1lantrena2
Edit distance from "lanterna"

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 "lanterna"?
"lanterna" is spelled L-A-N-T-E-R-N-A.
What does "lanterna" mean?
As a noun, "lanterna" means: espécie de lampião cuja luz é resguardada por vidros laterais
What are common misspellings of "lanterna"?
Common misspellings include "alnterna", "lanetrna", "lannterna", "lantenra", "lanteran". The correct spelling is "lanterna".
What language does "lanterna" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lanterna", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

instável#9,871Mercosul#9,891inspeção#9,868holandês#9,859

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

prudente12 variantsecológico12 variantscalcinha12 variantsaceitável12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list