lanterna
The verdict
“lanterna” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #9,880 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,880
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - espécie de lampião cuja luz é resguardada por vidros laterais
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lanterna |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,880 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lanterna” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for lanterna is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #9,880 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 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
- 1espécie de lampião cuja luz é resguardada por vidros laterais
- 2instrumento portátil utilizado para iluminação
- 3fresta
- 4farol
- 5a posição num ranqueamento equivalente a posição mais baixa, a mais distante da primeira posição
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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 “lanterna”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-A-N-T-E-R-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- 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.