qualidade

//kwɐ.li.ˈda.dɨ// noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#997

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

qualidade is aPortuguesenoun. It means: característica, propriedade ou atributo essencial ou distintivo de algo Pronounced /kwɐ.li.ˈda.dɨ/. It ranks #997 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with quantidade.

Key facts for qualidade
PropertyValue
Headwordqualidade
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kwɐ.li.ˈda.dɨ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#997
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for qualidade is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kwɐ.li.ˈda.dɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #997 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for qualidade, with forms such as "qaulidade", "qqualidade", and "quaildade". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "quantidade", 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 qualidade, spelled Q-U-A-L-I-D-A-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    característica, propriedade ou atributo essencial ou distintivo de algo
  2. 2
    caráter ou natureza que distingue uma coisa
  3. 3
    caráter de algo em relação à fineza ou grau de excelência
  4. 4
    alto grau; superioridade; excelência
  5. 5
    traço de personalidade ou de caráter
  6. 6
    a textura de um som, que o distingue dos outros de mesma altura e tom
  7. 7
    em fonética, a coloração tonal ou timbre, que caracteriza um som vocálico em particular
  8. 8
    em lógica, o caráter de uma proposição como afirmativa ou negativa
  9. 9
    posição ou status social
  10. 10
    a superioridade ou distinção associada a uma alta posição social
  11. 11
    a vantagem da torre sobre as peças menores (bispo ou cavalo)

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qaulidade,qqualidade,quaildade,qualdiade,qualiadde,qualidadde,qualidaed,qualiddade,qualiddae,quallidade,qulaidade,uqalidade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for qualidade

Misspelling Variants of "qualidade"

qaulidade9qqualidade10quaildade9qualdiade9qualiadde9qualidadde10qualidaed9qualiddade10
Misspelling Variants of "qualidade"

Frequency rank: #997 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "qualidade"?
"qualidade" is spelled Q-U-A-L-I-D-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is /kwɐ.li.ˈda.dɨ/.
What does "qualidade" mean?
As a noun, "qualidade" means: característica, propriedade ou atributo essencial ou distintivo de algo
What words are commonly confused with "qualidade"?
"qualidade" is commonly confused with "quantidade". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "qualidade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "qualidade" is /kwɐ.li.ˈda.dɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "qualidade" come from?
"qualidade" 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.