lateralmente
The verdict
“lateralmente” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #45,911 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #45,911
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 12
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - de modo lateral
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 | lateralmente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #45,911 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lateralmente” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for lateralmente is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb. Corpus data places it at rank #45,911 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "de modo lateral".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for lateralmente, with forms such as "alteralmente", "laetralmente", and "latearlmente". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "literalmente", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is lateralmente, spelled L-A-T-E-R-A-L-M-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1de modo lateral
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alteralmente,laetralmente,latearlmente,lateralemnte,laterallmente,lateralmenet,lateralmennte,lateralmentte,lateralmetne,lateralmmente,lateralmnete,lateramlente,laterlamente,laterralmente,latrealmente,latteralmente,llateralmente,ltaeralmente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lateralmente - 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 “lateralmente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-A-T-E-R-A-L-M-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “literalmente” - see the side-by-side comparison. lateralmente vs literalmente
- 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.