temporal

//tẽ.pu.ˈɾaɫ// adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,268

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

temporal is anPortugueseadj. It means: relativo ao tempo Pronounced /tẽ.pu.ˈɾaɫ/. It ranks #8,268 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with temperar and temporada.

Key facts for temporal
PropertyValue
Headwordtemporal
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/tẽ.pu.ˈɾaɫ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,268
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for temporal is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tẽ.pu.ˈɾaɫ/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,268 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 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for temporal, with forms such as "etmporal", "temmporal", and "temopral". 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, "temperar", "temporada", 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 temporal, spelled T-E-M-P-O-R-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo ao tempo
  2. 2
    profano

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etmporal,temmporal,temopral,tempoarl,temporall,temporla,temporral,tempporal,temproal,tepmoral,tmeporal,ttemporal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for temporal

Misspelling Variants of "temporal"

etmporal8temmporal9temopral8tempoarl8temporall9temporla8temporral9tempporal9
Misspelling Variants of "temporal"

Frequency rank: #8,268 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "temporal"?
"temporal" is spelled T-E-M-P-O-R-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /tẽ.pu.ˈɾaɫ/.
What does "temporal" mean?
As an adj, "temporal" means: relativo ao tempo
What words are commonly confused with "temporal"?
"temporal" is commonly confused with "temperar", "temporada". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "temporal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "temporal" is /tẽ.pu.ˈɾaɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "temporal" come from?
"temporal" 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.