também

//tã.ˈbẽj// adv

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#43

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

também is anPortugueseadv. It means: da mesma forma que outro Pronounced /tã.ˈbẽj/. It ranks #43 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with tambor and tandem.

Key facts for também
PropertyValue
Headwordtambém
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdv
IPA/tã.ˈbẽj/
Letters6
Frequency rank#43
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for também is 6 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tã.ˈbẽj/. Corpus data places it at rank #43 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "da mesma forma que outro".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for também, with forms such as "atmbém", "tabmém", and "tambbém". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "tambor", "tandem", 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 também, spelled T-A-M-B-É-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    da mesma forma que outro

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atmbém,tabmém,tambbém,tambmé,tambémm,tammbém,tamébm,tmabém,ttambém

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for também

Misspelling Variants of "também"

atmbém6tabmém6tambbém7tambmé6tambémm7tammbém7tamébm6tmabém6
Misspelling Variants of "também"

Frequency rank: #43 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "também"?
"também" is spelled T-A-M-B-É-M. The IPA pronunciation is /tã.ˈbẽj/.
What does "também" mean?
As an adv, "também" means: da mesma forma que outro
What words are commonly confused with "também"?
"também" is commonly confused with "tambor", "tandem". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "também"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "também" is /tã.ˈbẽj/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "também" come from?
"também" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter T 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.