ajustar
/ɐ.ʒuʃ.ˈtaɾ/
The verdict
“ajustar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,602. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,602
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fazer pequeno conserto ou ajuste numa peça de vestuário
Corpus desk
Index PT-ajustar · ajustar · Portuguese
ajustar · rank #12,602 · 10 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,602
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH alienígena
Nearest frequency peer: alienígena (+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 “ajustar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- agropecuária
agropecuária
87,401 corpus weight
- ajustar
ajustar
87,399 corpus weight
- alienígena
alienígena
87,398 corpus weight
- amistoso
amistoso
87,397 corpus weight
- around
around
87,394 corpus weight
- asiática
asiática
87,392 corpus weight
What this shows “ajustar” 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 | ajustar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.ʒuʃ.ˈtaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,602 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “ajustar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around ajustar (IPA /ɐ.ʒuʃ.ˈtaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,602 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ajustar, with forms such as "ajjustar", "ajsutar", and "ajusatr". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "ajuste", "alistar", "avistar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is ajustar, spelled A-J-U-S-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1fazer pequeno conserto ou ajuste numa peça de vestuário
- 2fazer com que uma máquina ou equipamento esteja perfeitamente adaptado para cumprir sua função
- 3interpolar; desenhar uma função baseada em pontos num gráfico
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ajustar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O alfaiate ajustou o cós da calça.
Durante o check-up o mecânico ajustou o freio.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ajjustar
- ajsutar
- ajusatr
- ajusstar
- ajustarr
- ajustra
- ajusttar
- ajutsar
- aujstar
- jaustar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ajustar - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).