aniversário
/ɐ.ni.vɨɾ.ˈsa.ɾju/
The verdict
“aniversário” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,003 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,003
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - dia em que se completa mais um ano sobre a data do nascimento de alguém ou sobre a ocorrência de um acontecimento:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aniversário |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.ni.vɨɾ.ˈsa.ɾju/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #1,003 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aniversário” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for aniversário is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.ni.vɨɾ.ˈsa.ɾju/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,003 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "dia em que se completa mais um ano sobre a data do nascimento de alguém ou sobre a ocorrência de um acontecimento:".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for aniversário, with forms such as "ainversário", "anievrsário", and "aniverrsário". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is aniversário, spelled A-N-I-V-E-R-S-Á-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1dia em que se completa mais um ano sobre a data do nascimento de alguém ou sobre a ocorrência de um acontecimento:
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ainversário,anievrsário,aniverrsário,aniversráio,aniverssário,aniversáiro,aniversároi,aniversárrio,aniverásrio,anivesrário,anivresário,anivversário,anniversário,anviersário,naiversário
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aniversário - 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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Using “aniversário”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-N-I-V-E-R-S-Á-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.ni.vɨɾ.ˈsa.ɾju/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.