comprovar
/kõ.pɾu.ˈvaɾ/
The verdict
“comprovar” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,698. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,698
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - confirmar
Corpus desk
Index PT-comprovar · comprovar · Portuguese
comprovar · rank #13,698 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #13,698
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH compreendido
Nearest frequency peer: compreendido (-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 “comprovar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- cofre
cofre
86,312 corpus weight
- compacto
compacto
86,309 corpus weight
- competente
competente
86,308 corpus weight
- compreendido
compreendido
86,305 corpus weight
- comprovar
comprovar
86,303 corpus weight
- conseguinte
conseguinte
86,300 corpus weight
What this shows “comprovar” 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 | comprovar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kõ.pɾu.ˈvaɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #13,698 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “comprovar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around comprovar (IPA /kõ.pɾu.ˈvaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,698 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for comprovar, with forms such as "ccomprovar", "cmoprovar", and "commprovar". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "comprar", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is comprovar, spelled C-O-M-P-R-O-V-A-R.
Definition
- 1confirmar
- 2demonstrar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how comprovar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A maior parte dos brasileiros mais pobres aprende várias habilidades para sobreviver, mas não tem certificados para comprovar essas competências.
Após cumprir a pena, Jerominho poderá ter sua candidatura deferida se comprovar estar em dia com a Justiça.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccomprovar
- cmoprovar
- commprovar
- comporvar
- compprovar
- comproavr
- comprovarr
- comprovra
- comprovvar
- comprrovar
- comprvoar
- comrpovar
- copmrovar
- ocmprovar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of comprovar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "comprovar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).