apoderar

verb

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The verdict

“apoderar” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #31,235. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,235
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dar posse ou domínio de

Corpus desk

Index PT-apoderar · apoderar · Portuguese

apoderar · rank #31,235 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,235
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH antemão

Nearest frequency peer: antemão (-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 “apoderar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “apoderar” 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
Key facts for apoderar
PropertyValue
Headwordapoderar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,235
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “apoderar”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).apoderarcai 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 “antemão” (#31,232), “anarchy” (#31,228), “alucinante” (#31,227). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “apoderar” fica em #31,235. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around apoderar, averb. Corpus frequency is #31,235 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for apoderar, with forms such as "aopderar", "apdoerar", and "apodderar". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is apoderar, spelled A-P-O-D-E-R-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    dar posse ou domínio de
  2. 2
    tomar posse ou domínio de; apossar-se, assenhorear-se
  3. 3
    apossar-se moral ou psicologicamente de alguém

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. O fazendeiro apoderou as terras.
  2. Meu filho apoderou-se do meu celular.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aopderar
  • apdoerar
  • apodderar
  • apodearr
  • apoderarr
  • apoderra
  • apoderrar
  • apodrear
  • apoedrar
  • appoderar
  • paoderar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aopderar2apdoerar2apodderar1apodearr2apoderarr1apoderra2apoderrar1apodrear2
Edit distance from "apoderar"

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 "apoderar"?
"apoderar" is spelled A-P-O-D-E-R-A-R.
What does "apoderar" mean?
As a verb, "apoderar" means: dar posse ou domínio de
What are common misspellings of "apoderar"?
Common misspellings include "aopderar", "apdoerar", "apodderar", "apodearr", "apoderarr". The correct spelling is "apoderar".
What language does "apoderar" come from?
"apoderar" 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 "apoderar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

afinação#31,224cadência#31,271Waldemar#31,199celulite#31,284

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

anarchy11 variantssuavizar11 variantssaxofone11 variantsEngland11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list