pergunta

//pɨɾ.ˈɡũ.tɐ// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#657

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

pergunta is aPortuguesenoun. It means: frase cujo objetivo é convidar um ouvinte ou leitor a dar uma explicação, uma informação, ou, em qualquer caso, uma interrogação que demanda, chama ou solicita uma resposta Pronounced /pɨɾ.ˈɡũ.tɐ/. It ranks #657 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with permuta and perguntar.

Key facts for pergunta
PropertyValue
Headwordpergunta
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɨɾ.ˈɡũ.tɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#657
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for pergunta is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɨɾ.ˈɡũ.tɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #657 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for pergunta, with forms such as "eprgunta", "pegrunta", and "perggunta". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "permuta", "perguntar", 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 pergunta, spelled P-E-R-G-U-N-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    frase cujo objetivo é convidar um ouvinte ou leitor a dar uma explicação, uma informação, ou, em qualquer caso, uma interrogação que demanda, chama ou solicita uma resposta
  2. 2
    questão numa prova

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eprgunta,pegrunta,perggunta,pergnuta,pergunat,pergunnta,perguntta,pergutna,perrgunta,perugnta,ppergunta,pregunta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pergunta

Misspelling Variants of "pergunta"

eprgunta8pegrunta8perggunta9pergnuta8pergunat8pergunnta9perguntta9pergutna8
Misspelling Variants of "pergunta"

Frequency rank: #657 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pergunta"?
"pergunta" is spelled P-E-R-G-U-N-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /pɨɾ.ˈɡũ.tɐ/.
What does "pergunta" mean?
As a noun, "pergunta" means: frase cujo objetivo é convidar um ouvinte ou leitor a dar uma explicação, uma informação, ou, em qualquer caso, uma interrogação que demanda, chama ou solicita uma resposta
What words are commonly confused with "pergunta"?
"pergunta" is commonly confused with "permuta", "perguntar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pergunta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pergunta" is /pɨɾ.ˈɡũ.tɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pergunta" come from?
"pergunta" 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.