atual

/ɐ.ˈtwaɫ/

//ɐ.ˈtwaɫ// adj

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The verdict

“atual” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #694. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#694
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que está em atuação

Corpus desk

Index PT-atual · atual · Portuguese

atual · rank #694 · 6 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #694
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH acima

Nearest frequency peer: acima (-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 “atual”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “atual” 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).

atual vs azul
60% similar
atual vs atum
60% similar
atual vs aval
60% similar

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

Key facts for atual
PropertyValue
Headwordatual
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ɐ.ˈtwaɫ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#694
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “atual”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.atualcai 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 “acima” (#693), “civil” (#695), “vontade” (#692). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “atual” fica em #694. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around atual (IPA /ɐ.ˈtwaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #694 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for atual, with forms such as "ataul", "attual", and "atuall". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "azul", "atum", "aval", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is atual, spelled A-T-U-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    que está em atuação
  2. 2
    que existe no presente
  3. 3
    efetivo; real; que existe concretamente, factualmente (por oposição a potencial ou virtual)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. E considerou que, numa previsão otimista, o atual consumo de aço no País, em torno de 20 milhões ao ano, pode chegar a 40 milhões de toneladas em 2013.

Synonyms

núperohodiernorecentepresenteactual

Antonyms

inatual

This word in other languages

present(English)actual(Español)actuel(Français)heutig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ataul
  • attual
  • atuall
  • atula
  • autal
  • taual

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of atual - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ataul2attual1atuall1atula2autal2taual2
Edit distance from "atual"

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 "atual"?
"atual" is spelled A-T-U-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ˈtwaɫ/.
What does "atual" mean?
As an adjective, "atual" means: que está em atuação
What words are commonly confused with "atual"?
"atual" is commonly confused with "azul", "atum", "aval". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "atual"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "atual" is /ɐ.ˈtwaɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "atual" come from?
"atual" 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 "atual", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

acima#693civil#695longe#689criar#686

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

errado6 variantsépoca6 variantshouve6 variantsteria6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list