# what

> Portuguese word · Adverb · IPA /wɔt/ · frequency rank #4,525

## Definitions
1. em alguma maneira ou grau; em parte; geralmente seguido de with
2. tal; isto é

## Easily confused with
- **who** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/what-vs-who)
- **why** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/what-vs-why)
- **white** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/what-vs-white)
- **what's** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/what-vs-what-s)
- **war** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/war-vs-what)
- **was** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/was-vs-what)
- **Wal** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wal-vs-what)
- **wet** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wet-vs-what)
- **West** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/west-vs-what)
- **want** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/want-vs-what)
- **wait** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wait-vs-what)
- **went** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/went-vs-what)
- **watt** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/watt-vs-what)

## Common misspellings (6)
`hwat`, `waht`, `whatt`, `whhat`, `whta`, `wwhat`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/what