por alto
The verdict
“por alto” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - com exame não aprofundado
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | por alto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “por alto” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
por alto is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for por alto in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is por alto, spelled P-O-R- -A-L-T-O.
Definition
- 1com exame não aprofundado
- 2sem precisão, sem todos os detalhes, superficialmente
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “por alto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-R- -A-L-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.