problema

//pɾu.ˈble.mɐ// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#299

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

problema is aPortuguesenoun. It means: situação difícil Pronounced /pɾu.ˈble.mɐ/. It ranks #299 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with problem.

Key facts for problema
PropertyValue
Headwordproblema
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɾu.ˈble.mɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#299
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for problema is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɾu.ˈble.mɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #299 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for problema, with forms such as "porblema", "pproblema", and "prbolema". 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, "problem", 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 problema, spelled P-R-O-B-L-E-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    situação difícil
  2. 2
    algo a ser resolvido
  3. 3
    disfunção orgânica ou psíquica
  4. 4
    enunciado ou um conjunto de expressões matemáticas com uma ou mais respostas a serem encontradas

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porblema,pproblema,prbolema,probblema,probelma,probleam,problemma,probllema,problmea,prolbema,prroblema,rpoblema

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for problema

Misspelling Variants of "problema"

porblema8pproblema9prbolema8probblema9probelma8probleam8problemma9probllema9
Misspelling Variants of "problema"

Frequency rank: #299 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "problema"?
"problema" is spelled P-R-O-B-L-E-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is /pɾu.ˈble.mɐ/.
What does "problema" mean?
As a noun, "problema" means: situação difícil
What words are commonly confused with "problema"?
"problema" is commonly confused with "problem". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "problema"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "problema" is /pɾu.ˈble.mɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "problema" come from?
"problema" 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.