ater

verb

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The verdict

“ater” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #39,000) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#39,000
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - não permitir que tenha seguimento; impedir que prossiga

Corpus desk

Index PT-ater · ater · Portuguese

ater · rank #39,000 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,000
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH assustadorame…

Nearest frequency peer: assustadoramente (-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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “ater”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “ater” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ater vs ato
50% similar
ater vs ave
50% similar
ater vs att
50% similar

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

Key facts for ater
PropertyValue
Headwordater
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters4
Frequency rank#39,000
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “ater”

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

#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 “assustadoramente” (#38,997), “atrelado” (#39,003), “antítese” (#38,989). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “ater” fica em #39,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for ater is neighbouring look-alikes ("ato", "ave", …), not just typos; it is averb. Frequency #39,000 among 1,900 “A” headwords. 7 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for ater, with forms such as "aetr", "aterr", and "atter". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ato", "ave", "att", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is ater, spelled A-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    não permitir que tenha seguimento; impedir que prossiga
  2. 2
    pôr o vitelo a mamar na vaca
  3. 3
    (prep. a, em) buscar ou obter apoio, suporte, confirmação em; apoiar-se, sustentar-se
  4. 4
    (prep. a, em) ficar limitado a
  5. 5
    (prep. a, em) ficar preso a; fixar-se
  6. 6
    (prep. a) depositar confiança em; fiar-se
  7. 7
    encostar-se a

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nem um grito o ateve.
  2. Não se ateve apenas a ouvir, expressando sua opinião.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aetr
  • aterr
  • atter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aetr2aterr1atter1
Edit distance from "ater"

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 "ater"?
"ater" is spelled A-T-E-R.
What does "ater" mean?
As a verb, "ater" means: não permitir que tenha seguimento; impedir que prossiga
What words are commonly confused with "ater"?
"ater" is commonly confused with "ato", "ave", "att". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "ater" come from?
"ater" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

skol#38,915domo#39,110Juli#39,220lise#39,238

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list