assegurar
/ɐ.sɨ.ɡu.ˈɾaɾ/
The verdict
“assegurar” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #3,817 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #3,817
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - garantir; dar como certo:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | assegurar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.sɨ.ɡu.ˈɾaɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #3,817 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “assegurar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for assegurar is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.sɨ.ɡu.ˈɾaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,817 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for assegurar, with forms such as "asegurar", "asesgurar", and "asseggurar". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is assegurar, spelled A-S-S-E-G-U-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1garantir; dar como certo:
- 2afirmar convictamente; asseverar; certificar:
- 3certificar-se, pesquisar, informar-se; verificar para ter certeza:
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asegurar,asesgurar,asseggurar,assegruar,asseguarr,assegurarr,assegurra,assegurrar,asseugrar,assgeurar,sasegurar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of assegurar - 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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Using “assegurar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-S-S-E-G-U-R-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.sɨ.ɡu.ˈɾaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.