resposta

//Rɨʃ.ˈpoʃ.tɐ// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#762

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

resposta is aPortuguesenoun. It means: enunciado que se faz como réplica a uma pergunta Pronounced /Rɨʃ.ˈpoʃ.tɐ/. It ranks #762 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with resista.

Key facts for resposta
PropertyValue
Headwordresposta
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/Rɨʃ.ˈpoʃ.tɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#762
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for resposta is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /Rɨʃ.ˈpoʃ.tɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #762 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for resposta, with forms such as "ersposta", "repsosta", and "resopsta". 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, "resista", 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 resposta, spelled R-E-S-P-O-S-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    enunciado que se faz como réplica a uma pergunta
  2. 2
    refutação

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ersposta,repsosta,resopsta,resposat,respossta,respostta,respotsa,respposta,respsota,ressposta,rresposta,rseposta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for resposta

Misspelling Variants of "resposta"

ersposta8repsosta8resopsta8resposat8respossta9respostta9respotsa8respposta9
Misspelling Variants of "resposta"

Frequency rank: #762 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "resposta"?
"resposta" is spelled R-E-S-P-O-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /Rɨʃ.ˈpoʃ.tɐ/.
What does "resposta" mean?
As a noun, "resposta" means: enunciado que se faz como réplica a uma pergunta
What words are commonly confused with "resposta"?
"resposta" is commonly confused with "resista". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "resposta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "resposta" is /Rɨʃ.ˈpoʃ.tɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "resposta" come from?
"resposta" 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.