ritmo

//ˈRi.tmu// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,106

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

ritmo is aPortuguesenoun. It means: movimento ou procedimento com recorrência uniforme de uma batida, marcação, etc Pronounced /ˈRi.tmu/. It ranks #3,106 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with rumo and rito.

Key facts for ritmo
PropertyValue
Headwordritmo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈRi.tmu/
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,106
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for ritmo is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈRi.tmu/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,106 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for ritmo, with forms such as "irtmo", "rimto", and "ritmmo". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "rumo", "rito", "rio", 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 ritmo, spelled R-I-T-M-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    movimento ou procedimento com recorrência uniforme de uma batida, marcação, etc
  2. 2
    o padrão de pulsações regulares ou não causadas pela ocorrência de batidas melódicas e harmônicas
  3. 3
    movimento controlado, como em dança, por exemplo

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: irtmo,rimto,ritmmo,ritom,rittmo,rritmo,rtimo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ritmo

Misspelling Variants of "ritmo"

irtmo5rimto5ritmmo6ritom5rittmo6rritmo6rtimo5
Misspelling Variants of "ritmo"

Frequency rank: #3,106 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ritmo"?
"ritmo" is spelled R-I-T-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈRi.tmu/.
What does "ritmo" mean?
As a noun, "ritmo" means: movimento ou procedimento com recorrência uniforme de uma batida, marcação, etc
What words are commonly confused with "ritmo"?
"ritmo" is commonly confused with "rumo", "rito", "rio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ritmo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ritmo" is /ˈRi.tmu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ritmo" come from?
"ritmo" 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 R 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.