mistura

//miʃ.ˈtu.ɾɐ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,588

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

mistura is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato ou efeito de misturar duas ou mais coisas Pronounced /miʃ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/. It ranks #2,588 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with mitra and mostra.

Key facts for mistura
PropertyValue
Headwordmistura
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/miʃ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,588
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mistura in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for mistura is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /miʃ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,588 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for mistura, with forms such as "imstura", "misstura", and "mistrua". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "mitra", "mostra", "misturar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is mistura, spelled M-I-S-T-U-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de misturar duas ou mais coisas
  2. 2
    associação de dois ou mais compostos ou elementos no qual não ocorre a reação química entre elas, deixando intactas as suas moléculas
  3. 3
    alimento, especificadamente carne ou ovo, que serve de acompanhamento ao prato principal (geralmente arroz com feijão)

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imstura,misstura,mistrua,misttura,mistuar,misturra,misutra,mitsura,mmistura,msitura

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mistura

Misspelling Variants of "mistura"

imstura7misstura8mistrua7misttura8mistuar7misturra8misutra7mitsura7
Misspelling Variants of "mistura"

Frequency rank: #2,588 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mistura"?
"mistura" is spelled M-I-S-T-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is /miʃ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/.
What does "mistura" mean?
As a noun, "mistura" means: ato ou efeito de misturar duas ou mais coisas
What words are commonly confused with "mistura"?
"mistura" is commonly confused with "mitra", "mostra", "misturar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mistura"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mistura" is /miʃ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mistura" come from?
"mistura" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.