arrasto
/ɐ.ˈRa.stu/
The verdict
“arrasto” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #28,462. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,462
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de arrastar; arrastamento
Corpus desk
Index PT-arrasto · arrasto · Portuguese
arrasto · rank #28,462 · 8 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,462
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH armazenagem
Nearest frequency peer: armazenagem (-3 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 “arrasto”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- apressado
apressado
71,547 corpus weight
- apropriar
apropriar
71,546 corpus weight
- aquisitivo
aquisitivo
71,545 corpus weight
- argolas
argolas
71,544 corpus weight
- armazenagem
armazenagem
71,542 corpus weight
- arrasto
arrasto
71,539 corpus weight
What this shows “arrasto” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | arrasto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.ˈRa.stu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #28,462 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “arrasto”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around arrasto (IPA /ɐ.ˈRa.stu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,462 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for arrasto, with forms such as "ararsto", "arasto", and "arrasot". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "atraso", "arranjo", "arrasar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is arrasto, spelled A-R-R-A-S-T-O.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de arrastar; arrastamento
- 2método de pesca que consiste em arrastar um aparelho em forma de saco:
- 3o mesmo que arresto
- 4humilhação; vexame
- 5transporte de toros em carreta
- 6caminhão
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how arrasto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A pesca de arrasto prejudica a preservação das espécies.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ararsto
- arasto
- arrasot
- arrassto
- arrastto
- arratso
- arrsato
- rarasto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arrasto - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).