arrumar

Name: arrumar, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“arrumar” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,880. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,880
frequency rank, Portuguese: 1,900
“A” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pôr no devido lugar; colocar segundo ordem considerada agradável ou funcional:

Corpus desk

Index PT-arrumar · arrumar · Portuguese

arrumar · rank #3,880 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #3,880
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 1,900
PHOTO-FINISH ativo

Nearest frequency peer: ativo (+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.

abandonar

96,130
abrigo

96,128
arrumar

96,121
ativo

96,120
boy

96,117
cobre

96,113

What this shows “arrumar” 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).

arrumar vs arrumo

71% similar

arrumar vs armar

71% similar

arrumar vs arruda

71% similar

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

Key facts for arrumar
Property	Value
Headword	arrumar
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Verb
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#3,880
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	9
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “arrumar”

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

#3,880

#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 “ativo” (#3,881), “boy” (#3,884), “abrigo” (#3,873). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “arrumar” fica em #3,880. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around arrumar, averb. Corpus frequency is #3,880 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for arrumar, with forms such as "arrmuar", "arruamr", and "arrumarr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is arrumar, spelled A-R-R-U-M-A-R.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Arrumo melhor a mala com os olhos de pensar em arrumar / Que com arrumação das mãos factícias (e creio que digo bem) – Álvaro de Campos, Grandes são os desertos, e tudo é deserto
Limpou a mesa, arrumando tudo nas gavetas.

Synonyms

dispor ordenar organizar sistematizar

This word in other languages

arrange(English)ordenar(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

arrmuar
arruamr
arrumarr
arrummar
arrumra
arumar
arurmar
rarumar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "arrumar"

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 "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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

desejar#3,892 repetir#3,862 intuito#3,913 laranja#3,918

Similar misspelling depth

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

abrigo8 variants pânico8 variants pecado8 variants barato8 variants