uretra

//ʊˈɾɛ.tɾɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,835

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

uretra is aPortuguesenoun. It means: canal que parte da bexiga e termina no pénis/pênis ou na vulva, por onde passa a urina (e, no caso dos machos, o esperma): Pronounced /ʊˈɾɛ.tɾɐ/.

Key facts for uretra
PropertyValue
Headworduretra
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ʊˈɾɛ.tɾɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#40,835
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for uretra is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʊˈɾɛ.tɾɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #40,835 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "canal que parte da bexiga e termina no pénis/pênis ou na vulva, por onde passa a urina (e, no caso dos machos, o esperma):".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for uretra, with forms such as "ruetra", "uertra", and "urerta". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 uretra, spelled U-R-E-T-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    canal que parte da bexiga e termina no pénis/pênis ou na vulva, por onde passa a urina (e, no caso dos machos, o esperma):

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ruetra,uertra,urerta,uretar,uretrra,urettra,urretra,urtera

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for uretra

Misspelling Variants of "uretra"

ruetra6uertra6urerta6uretar6uretrra7urettra7urretra7urtera6
Misspelling Variants of "uretra"

Frequency rank: #40,835 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "uretra"?
"uretra" is spelled U-R-E-T-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ʊˈɾɛ.tɾɐ/.
What does "uretra" mean?
As a noun, "uretra" means: canal que parte da bexiga e termina no pénis/pênis ou na vulva, por onde passa a urina (e, no caso dos machos, o esperma):
What are common misspellings of "uretra"?
Common misspellings include "ruetra", "uertra", "urerta", "uretar", "uretrra". The correct spelling is "uretra".
How do you pronounce "uretra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "uretra" is /ʊˈɾɛ.tɾɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "uretra" come from?
"uretra" 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.