apanhar

/ɐ.pɐ.ˈɲaɾ/

//ɐ.pɐ.ˈɲaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“apanhar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,911. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,911
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-apanhar · apanhar · Portuguese

apanhar · rank #5,911 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,911
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH atravessar

Nearest frequency peer: atravessar (+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 “apanhar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “apanhar” 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).

apanhar vs aranha
71% similar
apanhar vs aparar
71% similar
apanhar vs avançar
71% similar

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

Key facts for apanhar
PropertyValue
Headwordapanhar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɐ.pɐ.ˈɲaɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,911
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “apanhar”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.apanharcai 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 “atravessar” (#5,912), “bico” (#5,914), “adolescência” (#5,907). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “apanhar” fica em #5,911. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around apanhar (IPA /ɐ.pɐ.ˈɲaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,911 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 21 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for apanhar, with forms such as "aapnhar", "apahnar", and "apanahr". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "aranha", "aparar", "avançar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 apanhar, spelled A-P-A-N-H-A-R.

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Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. "E começa a apanhar piedosamente / Todas as microscópicas partículas"
  2. "Ó Cruges, vai andando, já te apanho!"

This word in other languages

pick up(English)recoger(Español)ramasser(Français)abnehmen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aapnhar
  • apahnar
  • apanahr
  • apanharr
  • apanhhar
  • apanhra
  • apannhar
  • apnahar
  • appanhar
  • paanhar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apanhar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aapnhar2apahnar2apanahr2apanharr1apanhhar1apanhra2apannhar1apnahar2
Edit distance from "apanhar"

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 "apanhar"?
"apanhar" is spelled A-P-A-N-H-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.pɐ.ˈɲaɾ/.
What does "apanhar" mean?
As a verb, "apanhar" means: transitivo:
What words are commonly confused with "apanhar"?
"apanhar" is commonly confused with "aranha", "aparar", "avançar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "apanhar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apanhar" is /ɐ.pɐ.ˈɲaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apanhar" come from?
"apanhar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list