apatia

noun

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The verdict

“apatia” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #26,626. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,626
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ausência de paixão, emoção ou excitação

Corpus desk

Index PT-apatia · apatia · Portuguese

apatia · rank #26,626 · 7 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,626
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH apurado

Nearest frequency peer: apurado (+2 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 “apatia”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “apatia” 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).

apatia vs avaria
67% similar
apatia vs apneia
67% similar
apatia vs apático
57% similar

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

Key facts for apatia
PropertyValue
Headwordapatia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#26,626
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “apatia”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).apatiacai 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 “apurado” (#26,628), “Arouca” (#26,629), “arranjado” (#26,631). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “apatia” fica em #26,626. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around apatia, anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,626 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for apatia, with forms such as "aaptia", "apaita", and "apatai". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "avaria", "apneia", "apático", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is apatia, spelled A-P-A-T-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ausência de paixão, emoção ou excitação
  2. 2
    falta de interesse pelas coisas que os outros acham excitantes ou interessantes

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O que explicaria a relativa apatia com que a população de Cuba recebeu a notícia?

This word in other languages

apathy(English)apatía(Español)apathie(Français)Apathie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aaptia
  • apaita
  • apatai
  • apattia
  • appatia
  • aptaia
  • paatia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apatia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aaptia2apaita2apatai2apattia1appatia1aptaia2paatia2
Edit distance from "apatia"

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 "apatia"?
"apatia" is spelled A-P-A-T-I-A.
What does "apatia" mean?
As a noun, "apatia" means: ausência de paixão, emoção ou excitação
What words are commonly confused with "apatia"?
"apatia" is commonly confused with "avaria", "apneia", "apático". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "apatia" come from?
"apatia" 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 "apatia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Arouca#26,629bisavô#26,647bélico#26,655window#26,597

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

goiaba7 variantshorda7 variantsmenta7 variantslilás7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list