aplicar
/ɐ.pli.ˈkaɾ/
The verdict
“aplicar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,378. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,378
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sobrepor, pôr sobre
Corpus desk
Index PT-aplicar · aplicar · Portuguese
aplicar · rank #5,378 · 10 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,378
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH aproximar
Nearest frequency peer: aproximar (+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 “aplicar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- voleibol
voleibol
94,629 corpus weight
- aceitação
aceitação
94,626 corpus weight
- aplicar
aplicar
94,623 corpus weight
- aproximar
aproximar
94,621 corpus weight
- aquisição
aquisição
94,620 corpus weight
- barba
barba
94,617 corpus weight
What this shows “aplicar” 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 | aplicar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.pli.ˈkaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “aplicar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around aplicar (IPA /ɐ.pli.ˈkaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,378 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for aplicar, with forms such as "alpicar", "apilcar", and "aplciar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "apoiar", "aliar", "alçar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is aplicar, spelled A-P-L-I-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1sobrepor, pôr sobre
- 2inserir no corpo
- 3realizar, fazer acontecer, pôr em prática
- 4infligir, impor
- 5destinar, utilizar
- 6adequar, adaptar
- 7empregar a atenção, concentrar a atenção
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aplicar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
aplicar pomada na pele
aplicar a injeção
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alpicar
- apilcar
- aplciar
- apliacr
- aplicarr
- apliccar
- aplicra
- apllicar
- applicar
- palicar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aplicar - 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 "aplicar", 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).