tutelar

//tu.tɨ.ˈlaɾ// verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,873

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

tutelar is aPortugueseverb. It means: proteger, ter tutela de Pronounced /tu.tɨ.ˈlaɾ/. Often confused with tutela and titular.

Key facts for tutelar
PropertyValue
Headwordtutelar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/tu.tɨ.ˈlaɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,873
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for tutelar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tu.tɨ.ˈlaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #19,873 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "proteger, ter tutela de".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for tutelar, with forms such as "ttuelar", "ttutelar", and "tuetlar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "tutela", "titular", 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 tutelar, spelled T-U-T-E-L-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    proteger, ter tutela de

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ttuelar,ttutelar,tuetlar,tutealr,tutelarr,tutellar,tutelra,tutlear,tuttelar,uttelar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tutelar

Misspelling Variants of "tutelar"

ttuelar7ttutelar8tuetlar7tutealr7tutelarr8tutellar8tutelra7tutlear7
Misspelling Variants of "tutelar"

Frequency rank: #19,873 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tutelar"?
"tutelar" is spelled T-U-T-E-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /tu.tɨ.ˈlaɾ/.
What does "tutelar" mean?
As a verb, "tutelar" means: proteger, ter tutela de
What words are commonly confused with "tutelar"?
"tutelar" is commonly confused with "tutela", "titular". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tutelar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tutelar" is /tu.tɨ.ˈlaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tutelar" come from?
"tutelar" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.