quattro
/ˈkuattro/
The verdict
“quattro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #74,256 among 274 “Q” headwords), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,256
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 274
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - quatro
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quattro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | /ˈkuattro/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,256 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quattro” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
quattro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #74,256 among 274 “Q” headwords, classed as anumeral, transcribed /ˈkuattro/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "quatro".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for quattro, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is quattro, spelled Q-U-A-T-T-R-O.
Definition
- 1quatro
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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Using “quattro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is Q-U-A-T-T-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkuattro/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.