quadrilha

//kwɐ.ˈdɾi.ʎɐ// noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,566

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

quadrilha is aPortuguesenoun. It means: tipo de dança agitada Pronounced /kwɐ.ˈdɾi.ʎɐ/. It ranks #7,566 in Portuguese word frequency.

Key facts for quadrilha
PropertyValue
Headwordquadrilha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kwɐ.ˈdɾi.ʎɐ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,566
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for quadrilha is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kwɐ.ˈdɾi.ʎɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,566 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for quadrilha, with forms such as "qaudrilha", "qquadrilha", and "quaddrilha". 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 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 quadrilha, spelled Q-U-A-D-R-I-L-H-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    tipo de dança agitada
  2. 2
    grupo de pessoas, geralmente criminosos
  3. 3
    conjunto de subalternos que atuam sob as ordens do matador ou do cavaleiro
  4. 4
    dança executada por vários pares, muito comum nas festas juninas

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qaudrilha,qquadrilha,quaddrilha,quadirlha,quadrihla,quadrilah,quadrilhha,quadrillha,quadrliha,quadrrilha,quardilha,qudarilha,uqadrilha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quadrilha

Misspelling Variants of "quadrilha"

qaudrilha9qquadrilha10quaddrilha10quadirlha9quadrihla9quadrilah9quadrilhha10quadrillha10
Misspelling Variants of "quadrilha"

Frequency rank: #7,566 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quadrilha"?
"quadrilha" is spelled Q-U-A-D-R-I-L-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kwɐ.ˈdɾi.ʎɐ/.
What does "quadrilha" mean?
As a noun, "quadrilha" means: tipo de dança agitada
What are common misspellings of "quadrilha"?
Common misspellings include "qaudrilha", "qquadrilha", "quaddrilha", "quadirlha", "quadrihla". The correct spelling is "quadrilha".
How do you pronounce "quadrilha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quadrilha" is /kwɐ.ˈdɾi.ʎɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quadrilha" come from?
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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.