quarto

//ˈkwaɾ.tu// adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#589

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

quarto is anPortugueseadj. It means: refere-se àquele que ocupa a posição quaternária em uma série; o que vem depois do terceiro Pronounced /ˈkwaɾ.tu/. It ranks #589 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with quatro and quinto.

Key facts for quarto
PropertyValue
Headwordquarto
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ˈkwaɾ.tu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#589
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for quarto is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkwaɾ.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #589 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "refere-se àquele que ocupa a posição quaternária em uma série; o que vem depois do terceiro".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for quarto, with forms such as "qaurto", "qquarto", and "quarot". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "quatro", "quinto", "quieto", 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 quarto, spelled Q-U-A-R-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    refere-se àquele que ocupa a posição quaternária em uma série; o que vem depois do terceiro

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qaurto,qquarto,quarot,quarrto,quartto,qurato,uqarto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quarto

Misspelling Variants of "quarto"

qaurto6qquarto7quarot6quarrto7quartto7qurato6uqarto6
Misspelling Variants of "quarto"

Frequency rank: #589 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quarto"?
"quarto" is spelled Q-U-A-R-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkwaɾ.tu/.
What does "quarto" mean?
As an adj, "quarto" means: refere-se àquele que ocupa a posição quaternária em uma série; o que vem depois do terceiro
What words are commonly confused with "quarto"?
"quarto" is commonly confused with "quatro", "quinto", "quieto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quarto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quarto" is /ˈkwaɾ.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quarto" come from?
"quarto" 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.