quadro

Name: quadro, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈkwa.dɾu/

//ˈkwa.dɾu// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“quadro” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,991. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,991
frequency rank, Portuguese: 129
“Q” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espaço limitado por quatro lados iguais; quadrado; caixilho

Corpus desk

Index PT-quadro · quadro · Portuguese

quadro · rank #1,991 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #1,991
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 129
PHOTO-FINISH presidência

Nearest frequency peer: presidência (-2 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.

mínimo

98,018
negra

98,017
Paul

98,016
presidência

98,012
quadro

98,010
transmissão

98,003

What this shows “quadro” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

quadro vs quão

50% similar

quadro vs quanto

67% similar

quadro vs quatro

83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for quadro
Property	Value
Headword	quadro
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈkwa.dɾu/
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#1,991
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	6
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “quadro”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).quadrocai aqui:

#1,991

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “presidência” (#1,989), “Paul” (#1,985), “negra” (#1,984). Entre 129 lemas com “Q”, “quadro” fica em #1,991. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around quadro (IPA /ˈkwa.dɾu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,991 among 129 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for quadro, with forms such as "qaudro", "qquadro", and "quaddro". 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 also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "quão", "quanto", "quatro", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is quadro, spelled Q-U-A-D-R-O.

Definition

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

This word in other languages

cuadro(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

qaudro
qquadro
quaddro
quador
quadrro
quardo
qudaro
uqadro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quadro - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "quadro"

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 "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'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 "quadro", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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