aplacar
/ɐ.plɐ.ˈkaɾ/
The verdict
“aplacar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #43,760. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,760
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - reduzir a força ou a intensidade de; acalmar, atenuar, minorar
Corpus desk
Index PT-aplacar · aplacar · Portuguese
aplacar · rank #43,760 · 10 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,760
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH angolanas
Nearest frequency peer: angolanas (-3 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 “aplacar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- andi
andi
56,247 corpus weight
- angolanas
angolanas
56,244 corpus weight
- aplacar
aplacar
56,241 corpus weight
- aramaico
aramaico
56,236 corpus weight
- assombrar
assombrar
56,230 corpus weight
- astronômico
astronômico
56,229 corpus weight
What this shows “aplacar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aplacar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.plɐ.ˈkaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #43,760 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “aplacar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around aplacar (IPA /ɐ.plɐ.ˈkaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,760 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for aplacar, with forms such as "alpacar", "apalcar", and "aplaacr". 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, "atacar", "aplicar", "atracar", 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is aplacar, spelled A-P-L-A-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1reduzir a força ou a intensidade de; acalmar, atenuar, minorar
- 2diminuir em força ou intensidade; arrefecer, atenuar-se
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aplacar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
aplacar os ânimos
Os protestos aplacaram(-se).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alpacar
- apalcar
- aplaacr
- aplacarr
- aplaccar
- aplacra
- aplcaar
- apllacar
- applacar
- palacar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aplacar - 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.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aplacar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).