atrair

/ɐ.tɾɐ.ˈiɾ/

//ɐ.tɾɐ.ˈiɾ// verb

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The verdict

“atrair” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,205. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,205
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - puxar para usando de charme, persuasão, etc

Corpus desk

Index PT-atrair · atrair · Portuguese

atrair · rank #4,205 · 8 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,205
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH atmosfera

Nearest frequency peer: atmosfera (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “atrair”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “atrair” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

atrair vs atrás
50% similar
atrair vs atriz
67% similar
atrair vs atuar
67% similar

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

Key facts for atrair
PropertyValue
Headwordatrair
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɐ.tɾɐ.ˈiɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,205
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “atrair”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.atraircai 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 “atmosfera” (#4,204), “atraso” (#4,206), “atuar” (#4,207). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “atrair” fica em #4,205. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around atrair (IPA /ɐ.tɾɐ.ˈiɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,205 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for atrair, with forms such as "artair", "atarir", and "atrairr". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "atrás", "atriz", "atuar", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is atrair, spelled A-T-R-A-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    puxar para usando de charme, persuasão, etc
  2. 2
    trazer um corpo para perto de outro por meio de força gravitacional ou magnética
  3. 3
    provocar, suscitar

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • artair
  • atarir
  • atrairr
  • atrari
  • atriar
  • atrrair
  • attrair
  • tarair

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of atrair - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

artair2atarir2atrairr1atrari2atriar2atrrair1attrair1tarair2
Edit distance from "atrair"

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 "atrair"?
"atrair" is spelled A-T-R-A-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.tɾɐ.ˈiɾ/.
What does "atrair" mean?
As a verb, "atrair" means: puxar para usando de charme, persuasão, etc
What words are commonly confused with "atrair"?
"atrair" is commonly confused with "atrás", "atriz", "atuar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "atrair"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "atrair" is /ɐ.tɾɐ.ˈiɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "atrair" come from?
"atrair" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

atraso#4,206espada#4,230grátis#4,237nestes#4,165

Similar misspelling depth

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

escuta8 variantsapagar8 variantsGarcia8 variantsdemora8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list