ultrapassar
/uɫ.tɾɐ.pɐ.ˈsaɾ/
The verdict
“ultrapassar” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #7,712 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #7,712
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - passar um veículo que vai na mesma direção
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ultrapassar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /uɫ.tɾɐ.pɐ.ˈsaɾ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #7,712 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ultrapassar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for ultrapassar is 11 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /uɫ.tɾɐ.pɐ.ˈsaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,712 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for ultrapassar, with forms such as "lutrapassar", "ulltrapassar", and "ulrtapassar". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is ultrapassar, spelled U-L-T-R-A-P-A-S-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1passar um veículo que vai na mesma direção
- 2ir além do esperado
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lutrapassar,ulltrapassar,ulrtapassar,ultarpassar,ultraapssar,ultrapasar,ultrapasasr,ultrapassarr,ultrapassra,ultrappassar,ultrapsasar,ultrpaassar,ultrrapassar,ulttrapassar,utlrapassar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ultrapassar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “ultrapassar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is U-L-T-R-A-P-A-S-S-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /uɫ.tɾɐ.pɐ.ˈsaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.