afastado

/ɐ.fɐʃ.ˈta.du/

//ɐ.fɐʃ.ˈta.du// adj

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The verdict

“afastado” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,833. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,833
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que se afastou

Corpus desk

Index PT-afastado · afastado · Portuguese

afastado · rank #6,833 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,833
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH ampliar

Nearest frequency peer: ampliar (+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 “afastado”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “afastado” 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).

afastado vs afastar
75% similar
afastado vs afetado
75% similar
afastado vs ajustado
75% similar

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

Key facts for afastado
PropertyValue
Headwordafastado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ɐ.fɐʃ.ˈta.du/
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,833
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “afastado”

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “ampliar” (#6,834), “amém” (#6,835), “apertar” (#6,837). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “afastado” fica em #6,833. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around afastado (IPA /ɐ.fɐʃ.ˈta.du/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,833 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 afastado, with forms such as "aafstado", "afasatdo", and "afasstado". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "afastar", "afetado", "ajustado", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is afastado, spelled A-F-A-S-T-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que se afastou
  2. 2
    longínquo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. morreu-me um parente afastado, deixou-me mesmo assim uma herança

This word in other languages

éloigné(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aafstado
  • afasatdo
  • afasstado
  • afastaddo
  • afastaod
  • afastdao
  • afasttado
  • afatsado
  • affastado
  • afsatado
  • faastado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of afastado - 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.

aafstado2afasatdo2afasstado1afastaddo1afastaod2afastdao2afasttado1afatsado2
Edit distance from "afastado"

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 "afastado"?
"afastado" is spelled A-F-A-S-T-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.fɐʃ.ˈta.du/.
What does "afastado" mean?
As an adjective, "afastado" means: que se afastou
What words are commonly confused with "afastado"?
"afastado" is commonly confused with "afastar", "afetado", "ajustado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "afastado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "afastado" is /ɐ.fɐʃ.ˈta.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "afastado" come from?
"afastado" 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 "afastado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vaticano#6,821tropical#6,819criativo#6,856resultar#6,810

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

critério11 variantsmemorial11 variantshabitual11 variantsmanteiga11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list