# atual

> Portuguese word · Adjective · IPA /ɐ.ˈtwaɫ/ · frequency rank #694

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

## Easily confused with
- **azul** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/atual-vs-azul)
- **atum** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/atual-vs-atum)
- **aval** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/atual-vs-aval)
- **atuar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/atual-vs-atuar)
- **aturar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/atual-vs-aturar)
- **ata** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ata-vs-atual)
- **atl** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/atl-vs-atual)
- **água** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/agua-vs-atual)
- **anal** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/anal-vs-atual)
- **atar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/atar-vs-atual)
- **atrás** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/atras-vs-atual)
- **águas** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/aguas-vs-atual)
- **anual** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/anual-vs-atual)
- **atlas** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/atlas-vs-atual)
- **areal** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/areal-vs-atual)
- **atear** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/atear-vs-atual)
- **actual** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/actual-vs-atual)
- **astral** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/astral-vs-atual)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ataul`, `attual`, `atuall`, `atula`, `autal`, `taual`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/atual