agravar

//ɐ.ɡɾɐ.ˈvaɾ// verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,513

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

agravar is aPortugueseverb. It means: ação de tornar mais grave Pronounced /ɐ.ɡɾɐ.ˈvaɾ/. Often confused with agravo and aprovar.

Key facts for agravar
PropertyValue
Headwordagravar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɐ.ɡɾɐ.ˈvaɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,513
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for agravar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.ɡɾɐ.ˈvaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #22,513 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for agravar, with forms such as "agarvar", "aggravar", and "agraavr". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "agravo", "aprovar", "atrasar", 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 agravar, spelled A-G-R-A-V-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ação de tornar mais grave
  2. 2
    constranger com carga ou sobrecarregar
  3. 3
    aumentar preços, valores ou taxas
  4. 4
    ato de causar sofrimento ou mágoa
  5. 5
    ato de causar sofrimento ou mágoa
  6. 6
    ação de interpor instrumento de agravo

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agarvar,aggravar,agraavr,agravarr,agravra,agravvar,agrravar,agrvaar,argavar,garavar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for agravar

Misspelling Variants of "agravar"

agarvar7aggravar8agraavr7agravarr8agravra7agravvar8agrravar8agrvaar7
Misspelling Variants of "agravar"

Frequency rank: #22,513 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agravar"?
"agravar" is spelled A-G-R-A-V-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ɡɾɐ.ˈvaɾ/.
What does "agravar" mean?
As a verb, "agravar" means: ação de tornar mais grave
What words are commonly confused with "agravar"?
"agravar" is commonly confused with "agravo", "aprovar", "atrasar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "agravar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agravar" is /ɐ.ɡɾɐ.ˈvaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agravar" come from?
"agravar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.