ponte
/ˈpõw.tʃi/
The verdict
“ponte” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,859 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,859
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - construção que liga dois locais separados por superfície líquida ou por depressão
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 | ponte |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpõw.tʃi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,859 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ponte” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for ponte is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpõw.tʃi/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,859 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ponte, with forms such as "opnte", "pnote", and "ponet". 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, "pote", "ponto", "porto", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is ponte, spelled P-O-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1construção que liga dois locais separados por superfície líquida ou por depressão
- 2prótese dentária
- 3recurso intermediário, usado por algum tempo, até conseguir algo mais vantajoso posteriormente
- 4parte de uma obra musical que vem após a apresentação do tema principal e que contrasta e prepara até o reaparecimento deste tema ou do refrão
- 5no moinho, prancha de madeira, que suporta o peso do rodízio, e que serve nalguns casos para regular a sua altura
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: opnte,pnote,ponet,ponnte,pontte,potne,pponte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ponte - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “ponte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpõw.tʃi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pote” - see the side-by-side comparison. ponte vs pote
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.