aparar

verb

The verdict

“aparar” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #40,423. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,423
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - segurar ou apanhar algo em queda ou atirado; parar golpe:

Corpus desk

Index PT-aparar · aparar · Portuguese

aparar · rank #40,423 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,423
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH apaixonadamen…

Nearest frequency peer: apaixonadamente (-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 “aparar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “aparar” 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).

aparar vs arar
67% similar
aparar vs arara
67% similar
aparar vs apart
67% similar

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

Key facts for aparar
PropertyValue
Headwordaparar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#40,423
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “aparar”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).apararcai 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 “apaixonadamente” (#40,422), “aporte” (#40,427), “androide” (#40,418). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “aparar” fica em #40,423. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around aparar, averb. Corpus frequency is #40,423 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for aparar, with forms such as "aaprar", "apaarr", and "apararr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "arar", "arara", "apart", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is aparar, spelled A-P-A-R-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    segurar ou apanhar algo em queda ou atirado; parar golpe:
  2. 2
    cortar aparas; desbastar; tornar mais curto ou mais igual:
  3. 3
    afiar, aguçar, tornar mais delgado ou pontiagudo:
  4. 4
    sofrer; aguentar:

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. "Cori … desfechou-lhe o golpe. Mas Jurandir aparou-o na mão firme"
  2. Minha mãe era quem me aparava o cabelo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aaprar
  • apaarr
  • apararr
  • aparra
  • aparrar
  • apparar
  • apraar
  • paarar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aaprar2apaarr2apararr1aparra2aparrar1apparar1apraar2paarar2
Edit distance from "aparar"

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 "aparar"?
"aparar" is spelled A-P-A-R-A-R.
What does "aparar" mean?
As a verb, "aparar" means: segurar ou apanhar algo em queda ou atirado; parar golpe:
What words are commonly confused with "aparar"?
"aparar" is commonly confused with "arar", "arara", "apart". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "aparar" come from?
"aparar" 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 "aparar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list