amassar

verb

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The verdict

“amassar” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #34,549. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,549
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - converter em massa

Corpus desk

Index PT-amassar · amassar · Portuguese

amassar · rank #34,549 · 8 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,549
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH alternância

Nearest frequency peer: alternância (-3 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 “amassar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “amassar” 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).

amassar vs assar
71% similar
amassar vs afastar
71% similar
amassar vs acessar
71% similar

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

Key facts for amassar
PropertyValue
Headwordamassar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#34,549
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “amassar”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “alternância” (#34,546), “Aleixo” (#34,544), “anexar” (#34,555). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “amassar” fica em #34,549. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around amassar, averb. Corpus frequency is #34,549 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for amassar, with forms such as "aamssar", "amasar", and "amasasr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "assar", "afastar", "acessar", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is amassar, spelled A-M-A-S-S-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    converter em massa
  2. 2
    amolgar, achatar, deformar
  3. 3
    esmagar
  4. 4
    ligar-se intimamente
  5. 5
    comer

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cuscuz paulista é feio mas eu amasso de olho fechado

This word in other languages

knead(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aamssar
  • amasar
  • amasasr
  • amassarr
  • amassra
  • ammassar
  • amsasar
  • maassar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aamssar2amasar1amasasr2amassarr1amassra2ammassar1amsasar2maassar2
Edit distance from "amassar"

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 "amassar"?
"amassar" is spelled A-M-A-S-S-A-R.
What does "amassar" mean?
As a verb, "amassar" means: converter em massa
What words are commonly confused with "amassar"?
"amassar" is commonly confused with "assar", "afastar", "acessar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "amassar" come from?
"amassar" 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 "amassar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

blossom#34,591rotular#34,452raivoso#34,433punível#34,426

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

anexar8 variantsabutre8 variantstapada8 variantsrinite8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list