postura

//puʃ.ˈtu.ɾɐ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,637

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

postura is aPortuguesenoun. It means: colocação, disposição, posição do corpo ou parte dele Pronounced /puʃ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/. It ranks #3,637 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with pintura.

Key facts for postura
PropertyValue
Headwordpostura
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/puʃ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,637
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of postura in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for postura is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /puʃ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,637 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for postura, with forms such as "opstura", "posstura", and "postrua". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "pintura", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is postura, spelled P-O-S-T-U-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    colocação, disposição, posição do corpo ou parte dele
  2. 2
    atitude, porte, maneira estática ou em movimento do corpo
  3. 3
    aspecto físico; estatura ou expressão fisionômica
  4. 4
    toda deliberação de caráter obrigatório, emanada do legislativo municipal
  5. 5
    quantidade de ovos que uma ave põe (bota) durante certo tempo

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: opstura,posstura,postrua,posttura,postuar,posturra,posutra,potsura,ppostura,psotura

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for postura

Misspelling Variants of "postura"

opstura7posstura8postrua7posttura8postuar7posturra8posutra7potsura7
Misspelling Variants of "postura"

Frequency rank: #3,637 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "postura"?
"postura" is spelled P-O-S-T-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is /puʃ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/.
What does "postura" mean?
As a noun, "postura" means: colocação, disposição, posição do corpo ou parte dele
What words are commonly confused with "postura"?
"postura" is commonly confused with "pintura". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "postura"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "postura" is /puʃ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "postura" come from?
"postura" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.