adquirir
/ɐd.ki.ˈɾiɾ/
The verdict
“adquirir” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,497. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,497
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - comprar
Corpus desk
Index PT-adquirir · adquirir · Portuguese
adquirir · rank #6,497 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #6,497
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH acalmar
Nearest frequency peer: acalmar (-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 “adquirir”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- Xavier
Xavier
93,509 corpus weight
- yo
yo
93,508 corpus weight
- acalmar
acalmar
93,506 corpus weight
- adquirir
adquirir
93,504 corpus weight
- ante
ante
93,500 corpus weight
- arranjar
arranjar
93,498 corpus weight
What this shows “adquirir” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adquirir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐd.ki.ˈɾiɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #6,497 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “adquirir”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around adquirir (IPA /ɐd.ki.ˈɾiɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,497 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for adquirir, with forms such as "addquirir", "adqiurir", and "adqquirir". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "adquirido", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented 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 adquirir, spelled A-D-Q-U-I-R-I-R.
Definition
- 1comprar
- 2obter
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how adquirir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
No caso da capitalização, foi aprovado o direito dos acionistas da estatal que compraram ações em 2000 com recursos do Fundo de Garantia do Tempo de Serviço (FGTS) de usar novamente até 30% do saldo atual do fundo para adquirir os novos papéis que serão lançados.
Sua demora para adquirir ritmo de jogo preocupa a nação corintiana.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- addquirir
- adqiurir
- adqquirir
- adquiirr
- adquirirr
- adquirri
- adquirrir
- adquriir
- aduqirir
- aqduirir
- daquirir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of adquirir - 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.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "adquirir", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).