apontador
/ɐ.põ.tɐ.ˈdoɾ/
The verdict
“apontador” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #48,240. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,240
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ícone indicador virtual movimentado pelo mouse ou teclado na tela de um computador
Corpus desk
Index PT-apontador · apontador · Portuguese
apontador · rank #48,240 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,240
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH apneia
Nearest frequency peer: apneia (-1 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 “apontador”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- amolecer
amolecer
51,768 corpus weight
- Anastácio
Anastácio
51,767 corpus weight
- apicultura
apicultura
51,763 corpus weight
- apneia
apneia
51,762 corpus weight
- apontador
apontador
51,761 corpus weight
- apreensivo
apreensivo
51,758 corpus weight
What this shows “apontador” 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 | apontador |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.põ.tɐ.ˈdoɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #48,240 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “apontador”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around apontador (IPA /ɐ.põ.tɐ.ˈdoɾ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,240 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for apontador, with forms such as "aopntador", "apnotador", and "aponatdor". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "apontar", "apostador", "apoiador", 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 apontador, spelled A-P-O-N-T-A-D-O-R.
Definition
- 1ícone indicador virtual movimentado pelo mouse ou teclado na tela de um computador
- 2apontador de lápis, apara-lápis
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aopntador
- apnotador
- aponatdor
- aponntador
- apontaddor
- apontadorr
- apontadro
- apontaodr
- apontdaor
- aponttador
- apotnador
- appontador
- paontador
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apontador - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "apontador", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).