urticária
/uɾ.ti.ˈka.ɾjɐ/
The verdict
“urticária” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #45,122 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #45,122
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - comichão ardente produzido por urtiga
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | urticária |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /uɾ.ti.ˈka.ɾjɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #45,122 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “urticária” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for urticária is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /uɾ.ti.ˈka.ɾjɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #45,122 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "comichão ardente produzido por urtiga".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for urticária, with forms such as "ruticária", "uritcária", and "urrticária". 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. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 urticária, spelled U-R-T-I-C-Á-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1comichão ardente produzido por urtiga
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ruticária,uritcária,urrticária,urtciária,urticcária,urticráia,urticáira,urticárai,urticárria,urtiácria,urtticária,utricária
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of urticária - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “urticária”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is U-R-T-I-C-Á-R-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /uɾ.ti.ˈka.ɾjɐ/ (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.