peralta

noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,669

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

peralta is aPortuguesenoun. It means: pessoa presumida, quer nos modos, quer no vestir; janota; casquilho Often confused with prata and pirata.

Key facts for peralta
PropertyValue
Headwordperalta
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#30,669
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for peralta is 7 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #30,669 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 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 peralta, with forms such as "epralta", "pearlta", and "peralat". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "prata", "pirata", "pérola", 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 peralta, spelled P-E-R-A-L-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    pessoa presumida, quer nos modos, quer no vestir; janota; casquilho
  2. 2
    bagunceiro, ocioso, vadio

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epralta,pearlta,peralat,perallta,peraltta,peratla,perlata,perralta,pperalta,prealta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for peralta

Misspelling Variants of "peralta"

epralta7pearlta7peralat7perallta8peraltta8peratla7perlata7perralta8
Misspelling Variants of "peralta"

Frequency rank: #30,669 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "peralta"?
"peralta" is spelled P-E-R-A-L-T-A.
What does "peralta" mean?
As a noun, "peralta" means: pessoa presumida, quer nos modos, quer no vestir; janota; casquilho
What words are commonly confused with "peralta"?
"peralta" is commonly confused with "prata", "pirata", "pérola". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "peralta" come from?
"peralta" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Portuguese index:

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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.