assinalar

//ɐ.si.nɐ.ˈlaɾ// verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,085

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

assinalar is aPortugueseverb. It means: pôr marca ou sinal em Pronounced /ɐ.si.nɐ.ˈlaɾ/. Often confused with assinar and assimilar.

Key facts for assinalar
PropertyValue
Headwordassinalar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɐ.si.nɐ.ˈlaɾ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#21,085
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for assinalar is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.si.nɐ.ˈlaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #21,085 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for assinalar, with forms such as "asinalar", "asisnalar", and "assianlar". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "assinar", "assimilar", "assinalado", 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 assinalar, spelled A-S-S-I-N-A-L-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 marca ou sinal em
  2. 2
    indicar, dar a conhecer
  3. 3
    tornar evidente; destacar, evidenciar, ressaltar, salientar
  4. 4
    apontar, distinguir, marcar, mostrar, notar
  5. 5
    ser o sinal, o símbolo, a representação de; designar
  6. 6
    marcar (o gado) mediante cortes nas orelhas
  7. 7
    tornar-se visível; aparecer, suscitar-se, surgir

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asinalar,asisnalar,assianlar,assinaalr,assinalarr,assinallar,assinalra,assinlaar,assinnalar,assnialar,sasinalar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for assinalar

Misspelling Variants of "assinalar"

asinalar8asisnalar9assianlar9assinaalr9assinalarr10assinallar10assinalra9assinlaar9
Misspelling Variants of "assinalar"

Frequency rank: #21,085 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "assinalar"?
"assinalar" is spelled A-S-S-I-N-A-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.si.nɐ.ˈlaɾ/.
What does "assinalar" mean?
As a verb, "assinalar" means: pôr marca ou sinal em
What words are commonly confused with "assinalar"?
"assinalar" is commonly confused with "assinar", "assimilar", "assinalado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "assinalar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assinalar" is /ɐ.si.nɐ.ˈlaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "assinalar" come from?
"assinalar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.