terror

//tɨ.ˈRoɾ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,448

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

terror is aPortuguesenoun. It means: estado de intenso pavor Pronounced /tɨ.ˈRoɾ/. It ranks #2,448 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with torrar and teor.

Key facts for terror
PropertyValue
Headwordterror
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/tɨ.ˈRoɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,448
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for terror is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tɨ.ˈRoɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,448 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for terror, with forms such as "etrror", "teror", and "terorr". 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, "torrar", "teor", "terra", 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 terror, spelled T-E-R-R-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    estado de intenso pavor
  2. 2
    estado de constante medo
  3. 3
    gênero de filme que explora temas e cenas que causam medo

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etrror,teror,terorr,terrorr,terrro,treror,tterror

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for terror

Misspelling Variants of "terror"

etrror6teror5terorr6terrorr7terrro6treror6tterror7
Misspelling Variants of "terror"

Frequency rank: #2,448 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "terror"?
"terror" is spelled T-E-R-R-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is /tɨ.ˈRoɾ/.
What does "terror" mean?
As a noun, "terror" means: estado de intenso pavor
What words are commonly confused with "terror"?
"terror" is commonly confused with "torrar", "teor", "terra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "terror"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "terror" is /tɨ.ˈRoɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "terror" come from?
"terror" 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.