motorista
/mo.to.ˈɾiʃ.tɐ/ (mais frequente), /mo.to.ˈɾis.tɐ/ (menos frequente)
The verdict
“motorista” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #2,964 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,964
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pessoa que conduz veículo automotivo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | motorista |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mo.to.ˈɾiʃ.tɐ/ (mais frequente), /mo.to.ˈɾis.tɐ/ (menos frequente) |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #2,964 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “motorista” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for motorista is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mo.to.ˈɾiʃ.tɐ/ (mais frequente), /mo.to.ˈɾis.tɐ/ (menos frequente). Corpus data places it at rank #2,964 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "pessoa que conduz veículo automotivo".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for motorista, with forms such as "mmotorista", "mootrista", and "motoirsta". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 motorista, spelled M-O-T-O-R-I-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1pessoa que conduz veículo automotivo
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmotorista,mootrista,motoirsta,motorisat,motorissta,motoristta,motoritsa,motorrista,motorsita,motroista,mottorista,mtoorista,omtorista
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of motorista - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “motorista”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-O-T-O-R-I-S-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mo.to.ˈɾiʃ.tɐ/ (mais frequente), /mo.to.ˈɾis.tɐ/ (menos frequente) (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
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.