tremor

//tɾɨ.ˈmoɾ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,158

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

tremor is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato ou efeito de tremer; tremura Pronounced /tɾɨ.ˈmoɾ/. Often confused with tumor and trevo.

Key facts for tremor
PropertyValue
Headwordtremor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/tɾɨ.ˈmoɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,158
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for tremor is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tɾɨ.ˈmoɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #20,158 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 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 tremor, with forms such as "rtemor", "termor", and "tremmor". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "tumor", "trevo", "trenó", 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 tremor, spelled T-R-E-M-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de tremer; tremura
  2. 2
    agitação involuntária do corpo ou de qualquer de seus membros por pequenas oscilações compatíveis com a execução dos movimentos voluntários
  3. 3
    medo excessivo; temor

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtemor,termor,tremmor,tremorr,tremro,treomr,trmeor,trremor,ttremor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tremor

Misspelling Variants of "tremor"

rtemor6termor6tremmor7tremorr7tremro6treomr6trmeor6trremor7
Misspelling Variants of "tremor"

Frequency rank: #20,158 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tremor"?
"tremor" is spelled T-R-E-M-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is /tɾɨ.ˈmoɾ/.
What does "tremor" mean?
As a noun, "tremor" means: ato ou efeito de tremer; tremura
What words are commonly confused with "tremor"?
"tremor" is commonly confused with "tumor", "trevo", "trenó". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tremor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tremor" is /tɾɨ.ˈmoɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tremor" come from?
"tremor" 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.