alavancar

verb

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The verdict

“alavancar” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #25,535. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,535
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - impulsionar

Corpus desk

Index PT-alavancar · alavancar · Portuguese

alavancar · rank #25,535 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,535
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH Alberta

Nearest frequency peer: Alberta (+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 “alavancar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “alavancar” 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).

alavancar vs avançar
67% similar
alavancar vs alcançar
67% similar
alavancar vs alavanca
89% similar

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

Key facts for alavancar
PropertyValue
Headwordalavancar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Frequency rank#25,535
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “alavancar”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.alavancarcai 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 “Alberta” (#25,536), “agilizar” (#25,533), “adequar” (#25,530). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “alavancar” fica em #25,535. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around alavancar, averb. Corpus frequency is #25,535 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "impulsionar".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for alavancar, with forms such as "aalvancar", "alaavncar", and "alavacnar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "avançar", "alcançar", "alavanca", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is alavancar, spelled A-L-A-V-A-N-C-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    impulsionar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. «As redes sociais tornaram-se ferramentas essenciais para alavancar causas humanitárias e mobilizar voluntários.»

This word in other languages

leverage(English)apalancar(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aalvancar
  • alaavncar
  • alavacnar
  • alavanacr
  • alavancarr
  • alavanccar
  • alavancra
  • alavanncar
  • alavnacar
  • alavvancar
  • allavancar
  • alvaancar
  • laavancar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alavancar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aalvancar2alaavncar2alavacnar2alavanacr2alavancarr1alavanccar1alavancra2alavanncar1
Edit distance from "alavancar"

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 "alavancar"?
"alavancar" is spelled A-L-A-V-A-N-C-A-R.
What does "alavancar" mean?
As a verb, "alavancar" means: impulsionar
What words are commonly confused with "alavancar"?
"alavancar" is commonly confused with "avançar", "alcançar", "alavanca". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "alavancar" come from?
"alavancar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alavancar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

correnteza13 variantsdemolidor13 variantsmascarado13 variantseucaristia13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list