amamentar
/ɐ.mɐ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/
The verdict
“amamentar” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #32,848. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,848
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - alimentar um lactente com o leite produzido pelas próprias glândulas mamárias
Corpus desk
Index PT-amamentar · amamentar · Portuguese
amamentar · rank #32,848 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,848
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH alegoria
Nearest frequency peer: alegoria (-6 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 “amamentar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- agasalho
agasalho
67,166 corpus weight
- aham
aham
67,162 corpus weight
- alegoria
alegoria
67,159 corpus weight
- amamentar
amamentar
67,153 corpus weight
- anteprojeto
anteprojeto
67,147 corpus weight
- apaziguar
apaziguar
67,144 corpus weight
What this shows “amamentar” 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 | amamentar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.mɐ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,848 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “amamentar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around amamentar (IPA /ɐ.mɐ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,848 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for amamentar, with forms such as "aammentar", "amaemntar", and "amamenatr". 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, "aumentar", "aparentar", "alimentar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is amamentar, spelled A-M-A-M-E-N-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1alimentar um lactente com o leite produzido pelas próprias glândulas mamárias
- 2alimentar, nutrir:
- 3dar vida ou alento a
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amamentar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Em todos os casos amamentou e nem por isso ficou menos esbelta.
"Fecunda fonte desse mesmo leite / Que amamentou os efebos de Esparta"
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aammentar
- amaemntar
- amamenatr
- amamenntar
- amamentarr
- amamentra
- amamenttar
- amametnar
- amammentar
- amamnetar
- ammaentar
- ammamentar
- maamentar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amamentar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "amamentar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).