para
/ˈpɐ.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“para” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #10 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a preposition.
- #10
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - exprime fim, destino, lugar, tempo, direção etc
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 | para |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | /ˈpɐ.ɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “para” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for para is 4 letters long, classified as a preposition, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpɐ.ɾɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #10 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "exprime fim, destino, lugar, tempo, direção etc".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for para, with forms such as "apra", "paar", and "ppara". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "por", "paz", "pro", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is para, spelled P-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1exprime fim, destino, lugar, tempo, direção etc
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apra,paar,ppara,praa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of para - 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 “para”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpɐ.ɾɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “por” - see the side-by-side comparison. para vs por
- 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.