active

/ˈæk.tɪv/

//ˈæk.tɪv// adj

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The verdict

“active” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #22,852. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,852
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - atuante

Corpus desk

Index PT-active · active · Portuguese

active · rank #22,852 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,852
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH adepto

Nearest frequency peer: adepto (+1 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 “active”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “active” 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).

active vs ativo
67% similar
active vs alive
67% similar
active vs archive
71% similar

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

Key facts for active
PropertyValue
Headwordactive
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈæk.tɪv/
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,852
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “active”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).activecai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “adepto” (#22,853), “acomodação” (#22,850), “afogado” (#22,856). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “active” fica em #22,852. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around active (IPA /ˈæk.tɪv/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,852 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "atuante".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for active, with forms such as "acctive", "acitve", and "actiev". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "ativo", "alive", "archive", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is active, spelled A-C-T-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    atuante

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how active appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. An active member of an organization.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acctive
  • acitve
  • actiev
  • activve
  • acttive
  • actvie
  • atcive
  • cative

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of active - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

acctive1acitve2actiev2activve1acttive1actvie2atcive2cative2
Edit distance from "active"

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 "active"?
"active" is spelled A-C-T-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈæk.tɪv/.
What does "active" mean?
As an adjective, "active" means: atuante
What words are commonly confused with "active"?
"active" is commonly confused with "ativo", "alive", "archive". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "active"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "active" is /ˈæk.tɪv/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "active" come from?
"active" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

adepto#22,853anseio#22,863verdão#22,831temido#22,813

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

assente8 variantssavana8 variantsdivido8 variantsmimada8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list