púrpura
The verdict
“púrpura” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #27,990 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,990
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
Dominant Wiktionary sense: segundo a teoria das cores, qualquer cor não espectral entre violeta e vermelho, ao passo que na pintura é a cor entre magenta e violeta, com todas as suas matizes e tons
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | púrpura |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpuʁ.pu.ɾɐ/ [ˈpuh.pu.ɾɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #27,990 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “púrpura” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for púrpura is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpuʁ.pu.ɾɐ/ [ˈpuh.pu.ɾɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,990 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for púrpura, with forms such as "ppúrpura", "prúpura", and "púprura". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 púrpura, spelled P-Ú-R-P-U-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1segundo a teoria das cores, qualquer cor não espectral entre violeta e vermelho, ao passo que na pintura é a cor entre magenta e violeta, com todas as suas matizes e tons
- 2substância corante extraída de algumas espécies de molusco nativos do Mar Mediterrâneo (como Bolinus brandaris e Purpura haemostom) cuja dificuldade em sua obtenção e seu alto preço a tornava um dos mais importantes e caros pigmentos naturais da Antiguidade até a Idade Média, razão pela qual a cor era associada às altas estirpes sociais
- 3antigo nome de gênero de moluscos, atualmente localizados em outros gêneros como Rapana da família Muricidae
- 4os tecidos colorizados com o pigmento desse molusco, então usado em vestes caras que eram símbolo de poder e riqueza, sendo a cor características dos príncipes da Igreja Católica, os cardeais
- 5tipo de afecção caracterizada pelo surgimento de manchas vermelho-escuras na pele
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ppúrpura,prúpura,púprura,púrppura,púrprua,púrpuar,púrpurra,púrrpura,púrupra,úprpura
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of púrpura — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "púrpura"
Frequency rank: #27,990 in Portuguese
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Using “púrpura”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-Ú-R-P-U-R-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpuʁ.pu.ɾɐ/ [ˈpuh.pu.ɾɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Nearby Portuguese words
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