quadratura
/kwɐ.dɾɐ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“quadratura” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #65,744 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #65,744
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - redução geométrica de uma superfície limitada por uma curva a um quadrado, que lhe seja equivalente em superfície
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quadratura |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kwɐ.dɾɐ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,744 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quadratura” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for quadratura is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kwɐ.dɾɐ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #65,744 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
quadratura doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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. The correct Portuguese form is quadratura, spelled Q-U-A-D-R-A-T-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1redução geométrica de uma superfície limitada por uma curva a um quadrado, que lhe seja equivalente em superfície
- 2aspecto de dois astros, que distam entre si 90 graus
- 3pintura de ornatos de arquitetura
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.
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Using “quadratura”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is Q-U-A-D-R-A-T-U-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kwɐ.dɾɐ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.