tema

//ˈte.mɐ// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#840

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

tema is aPortuguesenoun. It means: assunto Pronounced /ˈte.mɐ/. It ranks #840 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with ter and teu.

Key facts for tema
PropertyValue
Headwordtema
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈte.mɐ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#840
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for tema is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈte.mɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #840 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for tema, with forms such as "etma", "team", and "temma". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ter", "teu", "tua", 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 tema, spelled T-E-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    assunto
  2. 2
    a principal melodia de uma peça musical
  3. 3
    coleção de esquemas de cores, sons, arte gráfica etc

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etma,team,temma,tmea,ttema

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tema

Misspelling Variants of "tema"

etma4team4temma5tmea4ttema5
Misspelling Variants of "tema"

Frequency rank: #840 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tema"?
"tema" is spelled T-E-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈte.mɐ/.
What does "tema" mean?
As a noun, "tema" means: assunto
What words are commonly confused with "tema"?
"tema" is commonly confused with "ter", "teu", "tua". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tema"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tema" is /ˈte.mɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tema" come from?
"tema" 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.