Peter

//piːtə/./ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,940

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

Peter is aPortuguesenoun. It means: Pedro Pronounced /piːtə/.. It ranks #1,940 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with pote and poder.

Key facts for Peter
PropertyValue
HeadwordPeter
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/piːtə/.
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,940
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for Peter is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /piːtə/.. Corpus data places it at rank #1,940 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Peter, with forms such as "epter", "peetr", and "peterr". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "pote", "poder", "Petro", 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 Peter, spelled P-E-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pedro
  2. 2
    Pedro

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epter,peetr,peterr,petre,petter,ppeter,pteer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Peter

Misspelling Variants of "Peter"

epter5peetr5peterr6petre5petter6ppeter6pteer5
Misspelling Variants of "Peter"

Frequency rank: #1,940 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Peter"?
"Peter" is spelled P-E-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /piːtə/..
What does "Peter" mean?
As a noun, "Peter" means: Pedro
What words are commonly confused with "Peter"?
"Peter" is commonly confused with "pote", "poder", "Petro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Peter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Peter" is /piːtə/.. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Peter" come from?
"Peter" 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.