timbre

noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,151

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

timbre is aPortuguesenoun. It means: característica sonora que nos permite distinguir se sons de mesma frequência foram produzidos por fontes sonoras conhecidas e que nos permite diferenciá-las Often confused with tigre.

Key facts for timbre
PropertyValue
Headwordtimbre
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,151
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for timbre is 6 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #23,151 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 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 timbre, with forms such as "itmbre", "tibmre", and "timbbre". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "tigre", 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 timbre, spelled T-I-M-B-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    característica sonora que nos permite distinguir se sons de mesma frequência foram produzidos por fontes sonoras conhecidas e que nos permite diferenciá-las
  2. 2
    qualidade característica de um som produzido por instrumento ou voz em particular; cor tonal
  3. 3
    peça das armas do brasão que fica colocada sobre o virol do elmo
  4. 4
    selo

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: itmbre,tibmre,timbbre,timber,timbrre,timmbre,timrbe,tmibre,ttimbre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for timbre

Misspelling Variants of "timbre"

itmbre6tibmre6timbbre7timber6timbrre7timmbre7timrbe6tmibre6
Misspelling Variants of "timbre"

Frequency rank: #23,151 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "timbre"?
"timbre" is spelled T-I-M-B-R-E.
What does "timbre" mean?
As a noun, "timbre" means: característica sonora que nos permite distinguir se sons de mesma frequência foram produzidos por fontes sonoras conhecidas e que nos permite diferenciá-las
What words are commonly confused with "timbre"?
"timbre" is commonly confused with "tigre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "timbre" come from?
"timbre" 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.