aquecer

verb

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The verdict

“aquecer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,584. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,584
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - transitivo

Corpus desk

Index PT-aquecer · aquecer · Portuguese

aquecer · rank #11,584 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,584
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH aproveitamento

Nearest frequency peer: aproveitamento (-1 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 “aquecer”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “aquecer” 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).

aquecer vs àquele
57% similar
aquecer vs àqueles
57% similar
aquecer vs adoecer
71% similar

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

Key facts for aquecer
PropertyValue
Headwordaquecer
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,584
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “aquecer”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).aquecercai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “aproveitamento” (#11,583), “artilheiro” (#11,585), “assassinar” (#11,586). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “aquecer” fica em #11,584. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around aquecer, averb. Corpus frequency is #11,584 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for aquecer, with forms such as "aqeucer", "aqquecer", and "aquceer". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "àquele", "àqueles", "adoecer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is aquecer, spelled A-Q-U-E-C-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    transitivo
  2. 2
    transitivo
  3. 3
    transitivo
  4. 4
    transitivo
  5. 5
    intransitivo
  6. 6
    intransitivo
  7. 7
    reflexo
  8. 8
    reflexo
  9. 9
    reflexo
  10. 10
    reflexo

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ela aqueceu a sopa.
  2. A música aqueceu o ambiente.

Antonyms

arrefeceresfriar

This word in other languages

warm up(English)calentar(Español)erwärmen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aqeucer
  • aqquecer
  • aquceer
  • aqueccer
  • aquecerr
  • aquecre
  • aqueecr
  • auqecer
  • qauecer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aquecer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aqeucer2aqquecer1aquceer2aqueccer1aquecerr1aquecre2aqueecr2auqecer2
Edit distance from "aquecer"

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 "aquecer"?
"aquecer" is spelled A-Q-U-E-C-E-R.
What does "aquecer" mean?
As a verb, "aquecer" means: transitivo
What words are commonly confused with "aquecer"?
"aquecer" is commonly confused with "àquele", "àqueles", "adoecer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "aquecer" come from?
"aquecer" 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 "aquecer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

atraído#11,589Bernard#11,591cadáver#11,594coitado#11,604

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

chupar9 variantsreturn9 variantsfitness9 variantspoética9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list