quadratura

/kwɐ.dɾɐ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/

//kwɐ.dɾɐ.ˈtu.ɾɐ// noun

The verdict

“quadratura” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,744 among 129 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,744
frequency rank, Portuguese
129
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - redução geométrica de uma superfície limitada por uma curva a um quadrado, que lhe seja equivalente em superfície

Corpus desk

Index PT-quadratura · quadratura · Portuguese

quadratura · rank #65,744 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,744
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 129
  • PHOTO-FINISH quitação

Nearest frequency peer: quitação (+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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “quadratura”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “quadratura” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quadratura
PropertyValue
Headwordquadratura
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kwɐ.dɾɐ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#65,744
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “quadratura” em português

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “quitação” (#65,745), “psychology” (#65,742), “reconversão” (#65,756). Entre 129 lemas com “Q”, “quadratura” fica em #65,744. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quadratura is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,744 among 129 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kwɐ.dɾɐ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    redução geométrica de uma superfície limitada por uma curva a um quadrado, que lhe seja equivalente em superfície
  2. 2
    aspecto de dois astros, que distam entre si 90 graus
  3. 3
    pintura 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quadratura"?
"quadratura" is spelled Q-U-A-D-R-A-T-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kwɐ.dɾɐ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/.
What does "quadratura" mean?
As a noun, "quadratura" means: redução geométrica de uma superfície limitada por uma curva a um quadrado, que lhe seja equivalente em superfície
How do you pronounce "quadratura"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quadratura" is /kwɐ.dɾɐ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quadratura" come from?
"quadratura" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list