tonalidade

//tu.nɐ.li.ˈda.dɨ// noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,898

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

tonalidade is aPortuguesenoun. It means: o conjunto de relações melódicas e harmônicas que existem entre os tons de uma escala ou sistema musical Pronounced /tu.nɐ.li.ˈda.dɨ/. Often confused with totalidade and tenacidade.

Key facts for tonalidade
PropertyValue
Headwordtonalidade
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/tu.nɐ.li.ˈda.dɨ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#21,898
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for tonalidade is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tu.nɐ.li.ˈda.dɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #21,898 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 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for tonalidade, with forms such as "otnalidade", "tnoalidade", and "toanlidade". 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, "totalidade", "tenacidade", 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 tonalidade, spelled T-O-N-A-L-I-D-A-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    o conjunto de relações melódicas e harmônicas que existem entre os tons de uma escala ou sistema musical
  2. 2
    uma escala ou sistema de tons em particular
  3. 3
    o sistema de tons ou matizes de um esquema de cores numa imagem
  4. 4
    o fato de ser tonal

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: otnalidade,tnoalidade,toanlidade,tonaildade,tonaldiade,tonaliadde,tonalidadde,tonalidaed,tonaliddade,tonaliddae,tonallidade,tonlaidade,tonnalidade,ttonalidade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tonalidade

Misspelling Variants of "tonalidade"

otnalidade10tnoalidade10toanlidade10tonaildade10tonaldiade10tonaliadde10tonalidadde11tonalidaed10
Misspelling Variants of "tonalidade"

Frequency rank: #21,898 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tonalidade"?
"tonalidade" is spelled T-O-N-A-L-I-D-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is /tu.nɐ.li.ˈda.dɨ/.
What does "tonalidade" mean?
As a noun, "tonalidade" means: o conjunto de relações melódicas e harmônicas que existem entre os tons de uma escala ou sistema musical
What words are commonly confused with "tonalidade"?
"tonalidade" is commonly confused with "totalidade", "tenacidade". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tonalidade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tonalidade" is /tu.nɐ.li.ˈda.dɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tonalidade" come from?
"tonalidade" 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.