active

//ˈæk.tɪv// adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,852

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

active is anPortugueseadj. It means: atuante Pronounced /ˈæk.tɪv/. Often confused with ativo and alive.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of active in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for active is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈæk.tɪv/. Corpus data places it at rank #22,852 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "atuante".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for active, with forms such as "acctive", "acitve", and "actiev". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "ativo", "alive", "archive", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is active, spelled A-C-T-I-V-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    atuante

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acctive,acitve,actiev,activve,acttive,actvie,atcive,cative

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for active

Misspelling Variants of "active"

acctive7acitve6actiev6activve7acttive7actvie6atcive6cative6
Misspelling Variants of "active"

Frequency rank: #22,852 in Portuguese

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 adj, "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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.