ulterior
/uw.te.ɾiˈoɾ/, /uw.teˈɾjoɾ/
The verdict
“ulterior” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,893 among 345 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,893
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 345
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que está localizado além
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ulterior |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /uw.te.ɾiˈoɾ/, /uw.teˈɾjoɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,893 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ulterior” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ulterior is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,893 among 345 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /uw.te.ɾiˈoɾ/, /uw.teˈɾjoɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ulterior, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is ulterior, spelled U-L-T-E-R-I-O-R.
Definition
- 1que está localizado além
- 2que ocorre após outro evento
- 3que se realiza num tempo futuro
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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 “ulterior”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is U-L-T-E-R-I-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /uw.te.ɾiˈoɾ/, /uw.teˈɾjoɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.