plata
/ˈplata/
The verdict
“plata” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #27,976. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,976
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que possui a cor do respectivo metal
Corpus desk
Index PT-plata · plata · Portuguese
plata · rank #27,976 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,976
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pistoleiro
Nearest frequency peer: pistoleiro (-3 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 “plata”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- persuasão
persuasão
72,030 corpus weight
- pistoleiro
pistoleiro
72,028 corpus weight
- plata
plata
72,025 corpus weight
- privar
privar
72,019 corpus weight
- procuração
procuração
72,018 corpus weight
- prótese
prótese
72,014 corpus weight
What this shows “plata” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | plata |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈplata/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #27,976 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “plata”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around plata (IPA /ˈplata/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,976 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "que possui a cor do respectivo metal".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for plata, with forms such as "lpata", "palta", and "plaat". 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, "puta", "play", "porta", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is plata, spelled P-L-A-T-A.
Definition
- 1que possui a cor do respectivo metal
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lpata
- palta
- plaat
- platta
- pllata
- pltaa
- pplata
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plata - 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.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "plata", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).