prato

//ˈpɾa.tu// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,431

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

prato is aPortuguesenoun. It means: vasilha, normalmente de louça ou metal, em que se come ou se serve comida Pronounced /ˈpɾa.tu/. It ranks #3,431 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with pro and puto.

Key facts for prato
PropertyValue
Headwordprato
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈpɾa.tu/
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,431
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for prato is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpɾa.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,431 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for prato, with forms such as "pprato", "praot", and "pratto". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pro", "puto", "preço", and more, 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 prato, spelled P-R-A-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    vasilha, normalmente de louça ou metal, em que se come ou se serve comida
  2. 2
    cada uma das iguarias que constituem uma refeição
  3. 3
    peça de maquinismos com a forma de prato¹
  4. 4
    normalmente no plural, instrumento musical de percussão metálico em forma de prato¹

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pprato,praot,pratto,prrato,prtao,rpato

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for prato

Misspelling Variants of "prato"

pprato6praot5pratto6prrato6prtao5rpato5
Misspelling Variants of "prato"

Frequency rank: #3,431 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prato"?
"prato" is spelled P-R-A-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpɾa.tu/.
What does "prato" mean?
As a noun, "prato" means: vasilha, normalmente de louça ou metal, em que se come ou se serve comida
What words are commonly confused with "prato"?
"prato" is commonly confused with "pro", "puto", "preço". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prato"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prato" is /ˈpɾa.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prato" come from?
"prato" 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

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Portuguese index:

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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.