quarentena

//kwɐ.ɾẽ.ˈte.nɐ// noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,333

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

quarentena is aPortuguesenoun. It means: período de quarenta dias Pronounced /kwɐ.ɾẽ.ˈte.nɐ/. Often confused with quarenta.

Key facts for quarentena
PropertyValue
Headwordquarentena
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kwɐ.ɾẽ.ˈte.nɐ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#11,333
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for quarentena is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kwɐ.ɾẽ.ˈte.nɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,333 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for quarentena, with forms such as "qaurentena", "qquarentena", and "quaerntena". 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, "quarenta", 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 quarentena, spelled Q-U-A-R-E-N-T-E-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    período de quarenta dias
  2. 2
    quaresma
  3. 3
    festa ou cerimônia religiosa, que se prolonga por quarenta dias
  4. 4
    espaço de tempo, em que os viajantes, procedentes de países em que há doenças contagiosas ou suspeita de tais doenças, têm que se conservar incomunicáveis a bordo do respectivo navio ou num lazareto
  5. 5
    porção de quarenta coisas; número de quarenta

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qaurentena,qquarentena,quaerntena,quarenetna,quarenntena,quarentean,quarentenna,quarentnea,quarenttena,quaretnena,quarnetena,quarrentena,quraentena,uqarentena

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quarentena

Misspelling Variants of "quarentena"

qaurentena10qquarentena11quaerntena10quarenetna10quarenntena11quarentean10quarentenna11quarentnea10
Misspelling Variants of "quarentena"

Frequency rank: #11,333 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quarentena"?
"quarentena" is spelled Q-U-A-R-E-N-T-E-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kwɐ.ɾẽ.ˈte.nɐ/.
What does "quarentena" mean?
As a noun, "quarentena" means: período de quarenta dias
What words are commonly confused with "quarentena"?
"quarentena" is commonly confused with "quarenta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quarentena"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quarentena" is /kwɐ.ɾẽ.ˈte.nɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quarentena" come from?
"quarentena" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.