metáfora
/me.ˈta.fo.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“metáfora” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,679. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,679
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,261
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tropo em que há a substituição de um termo por outro, criando-se uma dualidade de significado
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | metáfora |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /me.ˈta.fo.ɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #11,679 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “metáfora” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around metáfora (IPA /me.ˈta.fo.ɾɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,679 among 2,261 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for metáfora, with forms such as "emtáfora", "metfáora", and "mettáfora". 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is metáfora, spelled M-E-T-Á-F-O-R-A.
Definition
- 1tropo em que há a substituição de um termo por outro, criando-se uma dualidade de significado
- 2palavra ou expressão empregada por metáfora¹:
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emtáfora
- metfáora
- mettáfora
- metáffora
- metáfoar
- metáforra
- metáfroa
- metáofra
- meátfora
- mmetáfora
- mteáfora
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of metáfora - 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 “metáfora”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-E-T-Á-F-O-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /me.ˈta.fo.ɾɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.