acertar

/ɐ.sɨɾ.ˈtaɾ/

//ɐ.sɨɾ.ˈtaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“acertar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,590. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,590
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pôr acerto em

Corpus desk

Index PT-acertar · acertar · Portuguese

acertar · rank #5,590 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,590
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH virada

Nearest frequency peer: virada (-2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “acertar”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “acertar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

acertar vs alerta
71% similar
acertar vs afetar
71% similar
acertar vs acerto
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for acertar
PropertyValue
Headwordacertar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɐ.sɨɾ.ˈtaɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,590
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “acertar”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.acertarcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “virada” (#5,588), “algodão” (#5,592), “alterar” (#5,593). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “acertar” fica em #5,590. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around acertar (IPA /ɐ.sɨɾ.ˈtaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,590 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for acertar, with forms such as "accertar", "aceratr", and "acerrtar". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "alerta", "afetar", "acerto", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is acertar, spelled A-C-E-R-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    pôr acerto em
  2. 2
    ajustar
  3. 3
    dar no alvo
  4. 4
    coincidir
  5. 5
    atingir

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accertar
  • aceratr
  • acerrtar
  • acertarr
  • acertra
  • acerttar
  • acetrar
  • acretar
  • aecrtar
  • caertar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acertar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

accertar1aceratr2acerrtar1acertarr1acertra2acerttar1acetrar2acretar2
Edit distance from "acertar"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acertar"?
"acertar" is spelled A-C-E-R-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.sɨɾ.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "acertar" mean?
As a verb, "acertar" means: pôr acerto em
What words are commonly confused with "acertar"?
"acertar" is commonly confused with "alerta", "afetar", "acerto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "acertar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acertar" is /ɐ.sɨɾ.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acertar" come from?
"acertar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "acertar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

algodão#5,592alterar#5,593roubado#5,576parcial#5,566

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

fortuna10 variantsescravo10 variantsencarar10 variantsdiploma10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list