ativar
/a.ti.ˈvaɾ/
The verdict
“ativar” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,312. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,312
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tornar ativo; fazer com que algo ou alguém funcione ou atue
Corpus desk
Index PT-ativar · ativar · Portuguese
ativar · rank #10,312 · 8 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,312
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH armamento
Nearest frequency peer: armamento (-2 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “ativar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- anexo
anexo
89,698 corpus weight
- aquário
aquário
89,693 corpus weight
- ares
ares
89,692 corpus weight
- armamento
armamento
89,691 corpus weight
- ativar
ativar
89,689 corpus weight
- brisa
brisa
89,681 corpus weight
What this shows “ativar” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ativar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /a.ti.ˈvaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,312 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “ativar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around ativar (IPA /a.ti.ˈvaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,312 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "tornar ativo; fazer com que algo ou alguém funcione ou atue".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for ativar, with forms such as "aitvar", "atiavr", and "ativarr". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "ativo", "atuar", "avisar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is ativar, spelled A-T-I-V-A-R.
Definition
- 1tornar ativo; fazer com que algo ou alguém funcione ou atue
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ativar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A ITK é uma proteína importante para ativar os leucócitos T, uma célula fundamental para o sistema imunológico normal.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aitvar
- atiavr
- ativarr
- ativra
- ativvar
- attivar
- atviar
- taivar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ativar - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).