prostituta

/pɾuʃ.ti.ˈtu.tɐ/

//pɾuʃ.ti.ˈtu.tɐ// noun

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The verdict

“prostituta” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,527. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,527
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mulher que vende favores sexuais

Corpus desk

Index PT-prostituta · prostituta · Portuguese

prostituta · rank #12,527 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,527
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH prosa

Nearest frequency peer: prosa (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “prostituta”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “prostituta” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for prostituta
PropertyValue
Headwordprostituta
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɾuʃ.ti.ˈtu.tɐ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#12,527
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “prostituta”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).prostitutacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “prosa” (#12,526), “proliferação” (#12,525), “prejudicial” (#12,523). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “prostituta” fica em #12,527. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around prostituta (IPA /pɾuʃ.ti.ˈtu.tɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,527 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "mulher que vende favores sexuais".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for prostituta, with forms such as "porstituta", "pprostituta", and "prosittuta". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 prostituta, spelled P-R-O-S-T-I-T-U-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    mulher que vende favores sexuais

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how prostituta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Também lá conheceram Dona Rosa, que exerceu o ofício de prostituta durante muitos anos e jamais acreditou no sofrimento.

This word in other languages

prostitute(English)puta(Español)putain(Français)Hure(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porstituta
  • pprostituta
  • prosittuta
  • prosstituta
  • prostittua
  • prostittuta
  • prostituat
  • prostitutta
  • prostiutta
  • prosttituta
  • prosttiuta
  • protsituta
  • prrostituta
  • prsotituta
  • rpostituta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prostituta - 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.

porstituta2pprostituta1prosittuta2prosstituta1prostittua2prostittuta1prostituat2prostitutta1
Edit distance from "prostituta"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prostituta"?
"prostituta" is spelled P-R-O-S-T-I-T-U-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /pɾuʃ.ti.ˈtu.tɐ/.
What does "prostituta" mean?
As a noun, "prostituta" means: mulher que vende favores sexuais
What are common misspellings of "prostituta"?
Common misspellings include "porstituta", "pprostituta", "prosittuta", "prosstituta", "prostittua". The correct spelling is "prostituta".
How do you pronounce "prostituta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prostituta" is /pɾuʃ.ti.ˈtu.tɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prostituta" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prostituta", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

alienígena#12,603disfarçado#12,652evangélico#12,674formulação#12,683

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

intérprete15 variantsprocessador15 variantsencantador15 variantscoreografia15 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list