tatuar

//tɐ.ˈtwaɾ// verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,747

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

tatuar is aPortugueseverb. It means: fazer tatuagem em Pronounced /tɐ.ˈtwaɾ/. Often confused with taxar and tratar.

Key facts for tatuar
PropertyValue
Headwordtatuar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/tɐ.ˈtwaɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#41,747
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for tatuar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tɐ.ˈtwaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #41,747 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "fazer tatuagem em".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for tatuar, with forms such as "tataur", "tattuar", and "tatuarr". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "taxar", "tratar", "titular", 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 tatuar, spelled T-A-T-U-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    fazer tatuagem em

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: tataur,tattuar,tatuarr,tatura,tautar,ttatuar,ttauar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tatuar

Misspelling Variants of "tatuar"

tataur6tattuar7tatuarr7tatura6tautar6ttatuar7ttauar6
Misspelling Variants of "tatuar"

Frequency rank: #41,747 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tatuar"?
"tatuar" is spelled T-A-T-U-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /tɐ.ˈtwaɾ/.
What does "tatuar" mean?
As a verb, "tatuar" means: fazer tatuagem em
What words are commonly confused with "tatuar"?
"tatuar" is commonly confused with "taxar", "tratar", "titular". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tatuar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tatuar" is /tɐ.ˈtwaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tatuar" come from?
"tatuar" 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 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.