quadro

//ˈkwa.dɾu// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,991

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

quadro is aPortuguesenoun. It means: espaço limitado por quatro lados iguais; quadrado; caixilho Pronounced /ˈkwa.dɾu/. It ranks #1,991 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with quão and quanto.

Key facts for quadro
PropertyValue
Headwordquadro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkwa.dɾu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,991
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for quadro is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkwa.dɾu/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,991 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for quadro, with forms such as "qaudro", "qquadro", and "quaddro". 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 also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "quão", "quanto", "quatro", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 quadro, spelled Q-U-A-D-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    espaço limitado por quatro lados iguais; quadrado; caixilho
  2. 2
    painel emoldurado
  3. 3
    obra de pintura ou desenho; panorama
  4. 4
    estrutura metálica de velocípedes e motociclos
  5. 5
    pessoa hierarquizada com lugar permanente num serviço ou numa empresa
  6. 6
    subdivisão de um ato numa peça teatral
  7. 7
    subdivisão de um programa de televisão
  8. 8
    cada uma das imagens estáticas que, juntas, geram a ilusão de movimento em um meio visual tal como um vídeo ou filme

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qaudro,qquadro,quaddro,quador,quadrro,quardo,qudaro,uqadro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quadro

Misspelling Variants of "quadro"

qaudro6qquadro7quaddro7quador6quadrro7quardo6qudaro6uqadro6
Misspelling Variants of "quadro"

Frequency rank: #1,991 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quadro"?
"quadro" is spelled Q-U-A-D-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkwa.dɾu/.
What does "quadro" mean?
As a noun, "quadro" means: espaço limitado por quatro lados iguais; quadrado; caixilho
What words are commonly confused with "quadro"?
"quadro" is commonly confused with "quão", "quanto", "quatro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quadro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quadro" is /ˈkwa.dɾu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quadro" come from?
"quadro" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter Q in our Portuguese index:

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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.