comportar

/kõ.puɾ.ˈtaɾ/

//kõ.puɾ.ˈtaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“comportar” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,023. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,023
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - suportar

Corpus desk

Index PT-comportar · comportar · Portuguese

comportar · rank #12,023 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,023
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH competitivo

Nearest frequency peer: competitivo (-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 “comportar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “comportar” 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).

comportar vs comprar
78% similar
comportar vs confortar
78% similar
comportar vs comparar
78% similar

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

Key facts for comportar
PropertyValue
Headwordcomportar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/kõ.puɾ.ˈtaɾ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#12,023
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “comportar”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).comportarcai 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 “competitivo” (#12,021), “cone” (#12,025), “crueldade” (#12,029). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “comportar” fica em #12,023. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around comportar (IPA /kõ.puɾ.ˈtaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,023 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for comportar, with forms such as "ccomportar", "cmoportar", and "commportar". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "comprar", "confortar", "comparar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is comportar, spelled C-O-M-P-O-R-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    suportar
  2. 2
    admitir
  3. 3
    conter em si

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccomportar
  • cmoportar
  • commportar
  • comoprtar
  • comporatr
  • comporrtar
  • comportarr
  • comportra
  • comporttar
  • compotrar
  • compportar
  • comprotar
  • copmortar
  • ocmportar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccomportar1cmoportar2commportar1comoprtar2comporatr2comporrtar1comportarr1comportra2
Edit distance from "comportar"

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 "comportar"?
"comportar" is spelled C-O-M-P-O-R-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /kõ.puɾ.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "comportar" mean?
As a verb, "comportar" means: suportar
What words are commonly confused with "comportar"?
"comportar" is commonly confused with "comprar", "confortar", "comparar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "comportar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comportar" is /kõ.puɾ.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "comportar" come from?
"comportar" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

crueldade#12,029amplitude#11,991espessura#12,055ambicioso#11,990

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

solicitado14 variantsintermédio14 variantsperturbar14 variantsPiracicaba14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list