Pietra

/piˈe.tɾɐ/ [pɪˈe.tɾɐ] AFI: /'pje.tɾɐ/ (pronúncia rápida)

//piˈe.tɾɐ/ [pɪˈe.tɾɐ] AFI: /'pje.tɾɐ/ (pronúncia rápida)/ noun

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The verdict

“Pietra” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #44,538. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,538
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - prenome feminino

Corpus desk

Index PT-pietra · Pietra · Portuguese

Pietra · rank #44,538 · 8 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,538
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pinacoteca

Nearest frequency peer: pinacoteca (+1 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 “Pietra”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “Pietra” 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).

Pietra vs pira
50% similar
Pietra vs pista
50% similar
Pietra vs preta
50% similar

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

Key facts for Pietra
PropertyValue
HeadwordPietra
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/piˈe.tɾɐ/ [pɪˈe.tɾɐ] AFI: /'pje.tɾɐ/ (pronúncia rápida)
Letters6
Frequency rank#44,538
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “Pietra”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).Pietracai 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 “pinacoteca” (#44,539), “plebeu” (#44,540), “preposição” (#44,544). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “Pietra” fica em #44,538. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Pietra (IPA /piˈe.tɾɐ/ [pɪˈe.tɾɐ] AFI: /'pje.tɾɐ/ (pronúncia rápida)), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,538 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "prenome feminino".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pietra, with forms such as "ipetra", "peitra", and "pierta". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "pira", "pista", "preta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is Pietra, spelled P-I-E-T-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    prenome feminino

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ipetra
  • peitra
  • pierta
  • pietar
  • pietrra
  • piettra
  • pitera
  • ppietra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pietra - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ipetra2peitra2pierta2pietar2pietrra1piettra1pitera2ppietra1
Edit distance from "Pietra"

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 "Pietra"?
"Pietra" is spelled P-I-E-T-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is /piˈe.tɾɐ/ [pɪˈe.tɾɐ] AFI: /'pje.tɾɐ/ (pronúncia rápida).
What does "Pietra" mean?
As a noun, "Pietra" means: prenome feminino
What words are commonly confused with "Pietra"?
"Pietra" is commonly confused with "pira", "pista", "preta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Pietra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pietra" is /piˈe.tɾɐ/ [pɪˈe.tɾɐ] AFI: /'pje.tɾɐ/ (pronúncia rápida). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pietra" come from?
"Pietra" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

plebeu#44,540pepita#44,526rather#44,562sacred#44,582

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

tétano8 variantsvareta8 variantsairbag8 variantsfinado8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list