arrumar

verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,880

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

arrumar is aPortugueseverb. It means: pôr no devido lugar; colocar segundo ordem considerada agradável ou funcional: It ranks #3,880 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with arrumo and armar.

Key facts for arrumar
PropertyValue
Headwordarrumar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,880
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of arrumar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for arrumar is 7 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #3,880 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for arrumar, with forms such as "arrmuar", "arruamr", and "arrumarr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "arrumo", "armar", "arruda", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is arrumar, spelled A-R-R-U-M-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    pôr no devido lugar; colocar segundo ordem considerada agradável ou funcional:
  2. 2
    guardar, arrecadar:
  3. 3
    colocar em cargo ou emprego; dar colocação:
  4. 4
    abandonar, rejeitar, pôr de lado; esquecer:
  5. 5
    organizar de forma atraente:
  6. 6
    empregar-se; conseguir emprego:
  7. 7
    casar-se; estabelecer família:

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: arrmuar,arruamr,arrumarr,arrummar,arrumra,arumar,arurmar,rarumar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for arrumar

Misspelling Variants of "arrumar"

arrmuar7arruamr7arrumarr8arrummar8arrumra7arumar6arurmar7rarumar7
Misspelling Variants of "arrumar"

Frequency rank: #3,880 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "arrumar"?
"arrumar" is spelled A-R-R-U-M-A-R.
What does "arrumar" mean?
As a verb, "arrumar" means: pôr no devido lugar; colocar segundo ordem considerada agradável ou funcional:
What words are commonly confused with "arrumar"?
"arrumar" is commonly confused with "arrumo", "armar", "arruda". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "arrumar" come from?
"arrumar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.