templo

//ˈtẽ.plu// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,808

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

templo is aPortuguesenoun. It means: lugar erigido em honra de uma divindade Pronounced /ˈtẽ.plu/. It ranks #3,808 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with tempo and túmulo.

Key facts for templo
PropertyValue
Headwordtemplo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈtẽ.plu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,808
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for templo is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtẽ.plu/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,808 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for templo, with forms such as "etmplo", "temlpo", and "temmplo". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "tempo", "túmulo", "triplo", 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 templo, spelled T-E-M-P-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    lugar erigido em honra de uma divindade
  2. 2
    edifício destinado ao culto religioso

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etmplo,temlpo,temmplo,templlo,tempol,tempplo,tepmlo,tmeplo,ttemplo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for templo

Misspelling Variants of "templo"

etmplo6temlpo6temmplo7templlo7tempol6tempplo7tepmlo6tmeplo6
Misspelling Variants of "templo"

Frequency rank: #3,808 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "templo"?
"templo" is spelled T-E-M-P-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtẽ.plu/.
What does "templo" mean?
As a noun, "templo" means: lugar erigido em honra de uma divindade
What words are commonly confused with "templo"?
"templo" is commonly confused with "tempo", "túmulo", "triplo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "templo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "templo" is /ˈtẽ.plu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "templo" come from?
"templo" 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.