nata

/ˈna.tɐ/

//ˈna.tɐ// noun

The verdict

“nata” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #19,220. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,220
frequency rank, Portuguese
360
“N” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - camada de gordura que se forma à superfície do leite; creme

Corpus desk

Index PT-nata · nata · Portuguese

nata · rank #19,220 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,220
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 360
  • PHOTO-FINISH oro

Nearest frequency peer: oro (+8 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “nata”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “nata” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

nata vs Not
25% similar
nata vs net
50% similar
nata vs nua
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for nata
PropertyValue
Headwordnata
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈna.tɐ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#19,220
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “nata”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.natacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “oro” (#19,228), “Oswald” (#19,229), “luminosidade” (#19,207). Entre 360 lemas com “N”, “nata” fica em #19,220. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around nata (IPA /ˈna.tɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,220 among 360 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for nata, with forms such as "anta", "naat", and "natta". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Not", "net", "nua", and more, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is nata, spelled N-A-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    camada de gordura que se forma à superfície do leite; creme
  2. 2
    a fina-flor; o escol
  3. 3
    camada de lama fina

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anta
  • naat
  • natta
  • nnata
  • ntaa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nata - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

anta2naat2natta1nnata1ntaa2
Edit distance from "nata"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nata"?
"nata" is spelled N-A-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈna.tɐ/.
What does "nata" mean?
As a noun, "nata" means: camada de gordura que se forma à superfície do leite; creme
What words are commonly confused with "nata"?
"nata" is commonly confused with "Not", "net", "nua". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nata"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nata" is /ˈna.tɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nata" come from?
"nata" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nata", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list