apropriado

//ɐ.pɾu.ˈpɾja.du// adj

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,140

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

apropriado is anPortugueseadj. It means: próprio, adequado, correto Pronounced /ɐ.pɾu.ˈpɾja.du/. It ranks #6,140 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with apropriar and apropriação.

Key facts for apropriado
PropertyValue
Headwordapropriado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ɐ.pɾu.ˈpɾja.du/
Letters10
Frequency rank#6,140
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for apropriado is 10 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.pɾu.ˈpɾja.du/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,140 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "próprio, adequado, correto".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for apropriado, with forms such as "aporpriado", "appropriado", and "apropirado". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "apropriar", "apropriação", 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 apropriado, spelled A-P-R-O-P-R-I-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    próprio, adequado, correto

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aporpriado,appropriado,apropirado,aproppriado,apropraido,apropriaddo,apropriaod,apropridao,aproprriado,aprorpiado,aprporiado,aprropriado,arpopriado,paropriado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for apropriado

Misspelling Variants of "apropriado"

aporpriado10appropriado11apropirado10aproppriado11apropraido10apropriaddo11apropriaod10apropridao10
Misspelling Variants of "apropriado"

Frequency rank: #6,140 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apropriado"?
"apropriado" is spelled A-P-R-O-P-R-I-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.pɾu.ˈpɾja.du/.
What does "apropriado" mean?
As an adj, "apropriado" means: próprio, adequado, correto
What words are commonly confused with "apropriado"?
"apropriado" is commonly confused with "apropriar", "apropriação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "apropriado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apropriado" is /ɐ.pɾu.ˈpɾja.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apropriado" come from?
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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.