terabyte

noun

The verdict

“terabyte” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - múltiplo do byte cujo símbolo é TB; pode representar 1.000.000.000.000 de bytes (10¹² na base 10) no sistema internacional de unidades ou, como é mais comumente utilizado em informática, 1.099.511....

Corpus desk

Index PT-terabyte · terabyte · Portuguese

terabyte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for terabyte
PropertyValue
Headwordterabyte
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “terabyte” em português

terabyteestá além das 100.000 formas mais frequentes do português, na cauda de léxico especializado ou pouco usado.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

terabyte is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "múltiplo do byte cujo símbolo é TB; pode representar 1.000.000.000.000 de bytes (10¹² na base 10) no sistema internacional de unidades ou, como é mais comumente utilizado em informática, 1.099.511....".

terabyte doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is terabyte, spelled T-E-R-A-B-Y-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    múltiplo do byte cujo símbolo é TB; pode representar 1.000.000.000.000 de bytes (10¹² na base 10) no sistema internacional de unidades ou, como é mais comumente utilizado em informática, 1.099.511.627.776 bytes (2⁴⁰ na base 2)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how terabyte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O coordenador do DES no Brasil, Luiz Nicolaci da Costa, do Observatório Nacional, afirma que 0,5 a 1 terabyte de dados será gerado por noite.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "terabyte"?
"terabyte" is spelled T-E-R-A-B-Y-T-E.
What does "terabyte" mean?
As a noun, "terabyte" means: múltiplo do byte cujo símbolo é TB; pode representar 1.000.000.000.000 de bytes (10¹² na base 10) no sistema internacional de unidades ou, como é mais comumente utilizado em informática, 1.099.511....
What language does "terabyte" come from?
"terabyte" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list