aptidão
/ɐp.ti.ˈdɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“aptidão” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,427. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,427
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4,352
- “A” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - capacidade, competência natural ou adquirida em criar, fazer ou executar uma atividade específica
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aptidão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐp.ti.ˈdɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #17,427 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aptidão” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around aptidão (IPA /ɐp.ti.ˈdɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,427 among 4,352 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for aptidão, with forms such as "apitdão", "apptidão", and "aptdião". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is aptidão, spelled A-P-T-I-D-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1capacidade, competência natural ou adquirida em criar, fazer ou executar uma atividade específica
- 2dom, criatividade
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apitdão
- apptidão
- aptdião
- aptiddão
- aptidoã
- aptiãdo
- apttidão
- atpidão
- patidão
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aptidão - 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 “aptidão”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-P-T-I-D-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐp.ti.ˈdɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.