apurar

verb

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The verdict

“apurar” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,390. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,390
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tornar puro; purificar; (por extensão) acrescentar e/ou suprimir características, de forma a melhorar:

Corpus desk

Index PT-apurar · apurar · Portuguese

apurar · rank #11,390 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,390
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH arrecadar

Nearest frequency peer: arrecadar (+2 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 “apurar”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “apurar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

apurar vs aura
67% similar
apurar vs arar
67% similar
apurar vs atuar
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for apurar
PropertyValue
Headwordapurar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,390
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “apurar”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.apurarcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “arrecadar” (#11,392), “asfalto” (#11,393), “ancestral” (#11,386). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “apurar” fica em #11,390. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around apurar, averb. Corpus frequency is #11,390 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for apurar, with forms such as "appurar", "apruar", and "apuarr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "aura", "arar", "atuar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is apurar, spelled A-P-U-R-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    tornar puro; purificar; (por extensão) acrescentar e/ou suprimir características, de forma a melhorar:
  2. 2
    conseguir reunir, arrecadar, ganhar ou receber:
  3. 3
    averiguar; indagar; procurar conhecer ao certo; concluir; recensear:
  4. 4
    aperfeiçoar; melhorar; esmerar; refinar:
  5. 5
    fazer apuramento; selecionar por opção ou qualificar através de prova ou eleição:
  6. 6
    deixar ferver lentamente, de forma a tornar mais concentrado e a realçar assim o sabor:
  7. 7
    fazer esforço por fazer ou ser melhor; esmerar-se:
  8. 8
    qualificar-se; conseguir passar prova eliminatória:

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how apurar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O cavalo lusitano tem sido apurado ao longo dos anos.
  2. A quantia apurada hoje é muito boa.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • appurar
  • apruar
  • apuarr
  • apurarr
  • apurra
  • apurrar
  • auprar
  • paurar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apurar - 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.

appurar1apruar2apuarr2apurarr1apurra2apurrar1auprar2paurar2
Edit distance from "apurar"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apurar"?
"apurar" is spelled A-P-U-R-A-R.
What does "apurar" mean?
As a verb, "apurar" means: tornar puro; purificar; (por extensão) acrescentar e/ou suprimir características, de forma a melhorar:
What words are commonly confused with "apurar"?
"apurar" is commonly confused with "aura", "arar", "atuar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "apurar" come from?
"apurar" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "apurar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bridge#11,402âncora#11,374Uganda#11,370sérvio#11,357

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

agarrar8 variantsrótulo8 variantsrotação8 variantsfacial8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list