apertar

verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,837

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

apertar is aPortugueseverb. It means: aproximar muito forçando It ranks #6,837 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with apesar and aperto.

Key facts for apertar
PropertyValue
Headwordapertar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,837
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of apertar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for apertar is 7 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #6,837 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for apertar, with forms such as "aeprtar", "aperatr", and "aperrtar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "apesar", "aperto", "apurar", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is apertar, spelled A-P-E-R-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    aproximar muito forçando
  2. 2
    pressionar:
  3. 3
    ajustar vestimenta para melhor adequação ao corpo (melhor caimento); tornar menos frouxo:
  4. 4
    interrogar com veemência

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aeprtar,aperatr,aperrtar,apertarr,apertra,aperttar,apetrar,appertar,apretar,paertar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for apertar

Misspelling Variants of "apertar"

aeprtar7aperatr7aperrtar8apertarr8apertra7aperttar8apetrar7appertar8
Misspelling Variants of "apertar"

Frequency rank: #6,837 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apertar"?
"apertar" is spelled A-P-E-R-T-A-R.
What does "apertar" mean?
As a verb, "apertar" means: aproximar muito forçando
What words are commonly confused with "apertar"?
"apertar" is commonly confused with "apesar", "aperto", "apurar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "apertar" come from?
"apertar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.