apostolado
/ɐ.puʃ.tu.ˈla.du/
The verdict
“apostolado” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #27,731 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,731
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - conjunto de tarefas de um apóstolo na defesa de uma doutrina e/ou de sua propagação
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 | apostolado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.puʃ.tu.ˈla.du/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #27,731 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “apostolado” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for apostolado is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.puʃ.tu.ˈla.du/. Corpus data places it at rank #27,731 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for apostolado, with forms such as "aopstolado", "aposotlado", and "aposstolado". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "apóstolo", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is apostolado, spelled A-P-O-S-T-O-L-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1conjunto de tarefas de um apóstolo na defesa de uma doutrina e/ou de sua propagação
- 2grupo dos apóstolos que acompanharam Cristo
- 3grupo de indivíduos que difundem uma doutrina
- 4difusão ou ensino de uma doutrina
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aopstolado,aposotlado,aposstolado,apostloado,apostoaldo,apostoladdo,apostolaod,apostoldao,apostollado,aposttolado,apotsolado,appostolado,apsotolado,paostolado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apostolado - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “apostolado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-P-O-S-T-O-L-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.puʃ.tu.ˈla.du/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “apóstolo” - see the side-by-side comparison. apostolado vs apóstolo
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.