quatro
/ˈkwa.tɾu/
The verdict
“quatro” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #353. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #353
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 129
- “Q” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o número quatro (4, IV)
Corpus desk
Index PT-quatro · quatro · Portuguese
quatro · rank #353 · 7 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #353
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 129
- PHOTO-FINISH população
Nearest frequency peer: população (-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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “quatro”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- fosse
fosse
99,653 corpus weight
- isto
isto
99,652 corpus weight
- população
população
99,650 corpus weight
- quatro
quatro
99,648 corpus weight
- polícia
polícia
99,644 corpus weight
- processo
processo
99,643 corpus weight
What this shows “quatro” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quatro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkwa.tɾu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #353 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “quatro”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around quatro (IPA /ˈkwa.tɾu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #353 among 129 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for quatro, with forms such as "qautro", "qquatro", and "quator". 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", "quarto", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 quatro, spelled Q-U-A-T-R-O.
Definition
- 1o número quatro (4, IV)
- 2nota correspondente a quatro valores:
- 3pessoa ou coisa que apresenta o número quatro numa ordenação
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quatro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mãe, tive um quatro no teste de Língua Portuguesa.
Olha, o quatro não veio hoje...
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qautro
- qquatro
- quator
- quatrro
- quattro
- qutaro
- uqatro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quatro - 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.
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.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "quatro", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).