reforma

//Rɨ.ˈfɔɾ.mɐ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,474

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

reforma is aPortuguesenoun. It means: estatuto de um ex-trabalhador ao atingir o limite de idade ou devido a invalidez Pronounced /Rɨ.ˈfɔɾ.mɐ/. It ranks #1,474 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with retoma and reforço.

Key facts for reforma
PropertyValue
Headwordreforma
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/Rɨ.ˈfɔɾ.mɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,474
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for reforma is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /Rɨ.ˈfɔɾ.mɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,474 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for reforma, with forms such as "erforma", "refforma", and "refomra". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "retoma", "reforço", "reforçar", 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 reforma, spelled R-E-F-O-R-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    estatuto de um ex-trabalhador ao atingir o limite de idade ou devido a invalidez
  2. 2
    situação de um militar ou funcionário público nas mesmas circunstâncias
  3. 3
    aposentação; jubilação
  4. 4
    ato ou efeito de reformar
  5. 5
    mudança para melhor
  6. 6
    substituição de objetos fora de uso
  7. 7
    melhoramento; conserto; reparação; restauração; modificação
  8. 8
    modificação de uma ordem existente
  9. 9
    nova organização; nova forma; novo feitio

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erforma,refforma,refomra,reforam,reformma,reforrma,refroma,reofrma,rfeorma,rreforma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for reforma

Misspelling Variants of "reforma"

erforma7refforma8refomra7reforam7reformma8reforrma8refroma7reofrma7
Misspelling Variants of "reforma"

Frequency rank: #1,474 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reforma"?
"reforma" is spelled R-E-F-O-R-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is /Rɨ.ˈfɔɾ.mɐ/.
What does "reforma" mean?
As a noun, "reforma" means: estatuto de um ex-trabalhador ao atingir o limite de idade ou devido a invalidez
What words are commonly confused with "reforma"?
"reforma" is commonly confused with "retoma", "reforço", "reforçar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "reforma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reforma" is /Rɨ.ˈfɔɾ.mɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reforma" come from?
"reforma" 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.