acariciar
/ɐ.kɐ.ɾi.ˈsjaɾ/
The verdict
“acariciar” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #38,967 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #38,967
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - fazer carícias
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acariciar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.kɐ.ɾi.ˈsjaɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #38,967 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “acariciar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for acariciar is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.kɐ.ɾi.ˈsjaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #38,967 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for acariciar, with forms such as "aacriciar", "acairciar", and "acarciiar". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is acariciar, spelled A-C-A-R-I-C-I-A-R.
Definition
- 1fazer carícias
- 2acarinhar
- 3amimar
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aacriciar,acairciar,acarciiar,acaricair,acaricciar,acariciarr,acaricira,acariicar,acarriciar,accariciar,acraiciar,caariciar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acariciar - 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 “acariciar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-C-A-R-I-C-I-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.kɐ.ɾi.ˈsjaɾ/ (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.