trator
/tɾa.ˈtoɾ/
The verdict
“trator” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #15,947 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #15,947
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - veículo automóvel concebido para rebocar outros veículos e alfaias agrícolas
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trator |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɾa.ˈtoɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,947 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trator” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for trator is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tɾa.ˈtoɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #15,947 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "veículo automóvel concebido para rebocar outros veículos e alfaias agrícolas".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for trator, with forms such as "rtator", "tartor", and "traotr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "tutor", "trazer", "travar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is trator, spelled T-R-A-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1veículo automóvel concebido para rebocar outros veículos e alfaias agrícolas
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rtator,tartor,traotr,tratorr,tratro,trattor,trrator,trtaor,ttrator
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trator - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “trator”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-R-A-T-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tɾa.ˈtoɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tutor” - see the side-by-side comparison. trator vs tutor
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.