poltrona
/poɫ.ˈtɾo.nɐ/
The verdict
“poltrona” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #22,126. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,126
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - uma cadeira almofadada que suporta os braços, como num ônibus ou avião
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poltrona |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /poɫ.ˈtɾo.nɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #22,126 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “poltrona” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around poltrona (IPA /poɫ.ˈtɾo.nɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,126 among 3,113 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "uma cadeira almofadada que suporta os braços, como num ônibus ou avião".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for poltrona, with forms such as "opltrona", "plotrona", and "polltrona". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is poltrona, spelled P-O-L-T-R-O-N-A.
Definition
- 1uma cadeira almofadada que suporta os braços, como num ônibus ou avião
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opltrona
- plotrona
- polltrona
- polrtona
- poltorna
- poltrnoa
- poltroan
- poltronna
- poltrrona
- polttrona
- potlrona
- ppoltrona
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poltrona - 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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Using “poltrona”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-L-T-R-O-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /poɫ.ˈtɾo.nɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.