apontar

verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,816

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

apontar is aPortugueseverb. It means: direcionar parte do corpo ou objeto para algo que se quer chamar atenção; It ranks #5,816 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with aposta and atentar.

Key facts for apontar
PropertyValue
Headwordapontar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,816
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for apontar is 7 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #5,816 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 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 apontar, with forms such as "aopntar", "apnotar", and "aponatr". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "aposta", "atentar", "aprontar", 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 apontar, spelled A-P-O-N-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
    direcionar parte do corpo ou objeto para algo que se quer chamar atenção;
  2. 2
    registrar
  3. 3
    fazer pontaria
  4. 4
    formar ponta
  5. 5
    surgir, aparecer

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aopntar,apnotar,aponatr,aponntar,apontarr,apontra,aponttar,apotnar,appontar,paontar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for apontar

Misspelling Variants of "apontar"

aopntar7apnotar7aponatr7aponntar8apontarr8apontra7aponttar8apotnar7
Misspelling Variants of "apontar"

Frequency rank: #5,816 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apontar"?
"apontar" is spelled A-P-O-N-T-A-R.
What does "apontar" mean?
As a verb, "apontar" means: direcionar parte do corpo ou objeto para algo que se quer chamar atenção;
What words are commonly confused with "apontar"?
"apontar" is commonly confused with "aposta", "atentar", "aprontar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "apontar" come from?
"apontar" 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.