apurar
The verdict
“apurar” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #11,390 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #11,390
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tornar puro; purificar; (por extensão) acrescentar e/ou suprimir características, de forma a melhorar:
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 | apurar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #11,390 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “apurar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for apurar is 6 letters long, classified as a verb. Corpus data places it at rank #11,390 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1tornar puro; purificar; (por extensão) acrescentar e/ou suprimir características, de forma a melhorar:
- 2conseguir reunir, arrecadar, ganhar ou receber:
- 3averiguar; indagar; procurar conhecer ao certo; concluir; recensear:
- 4aperfeiçoar; melhorar; esmerar; refinar:
- 5fazer apuramento; selecionar por opção ou qualificar através de prova ou eleição:
- 6deixar ferver lentamente, de forma a tornar mais concentrado e a realçar assim o sabor:
- 7fazer esforço por fazer ou ser melhor; esmerar-se:
- 8qualificar-se; conseguir passar prova eliminatória:
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.
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 “apurar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-P-U-R-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “aura” - see the side-by-side comparison. apurar vs aura
- 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.