encontrar

/ẽ.kõ.ˈtɾaɾ/

//ẽ.kõ.ˈtɾaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“encontrar” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #460. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#460
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ir de encontro a

Corpus desk

Index PT-encontrar · encontrar · Portuguese

encontrar · rank #460 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #460
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH chegou

Nearest frequency peer: chegou (-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 “encontrar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “encontrar” 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).

encontrar vs encontro
78% similar
encontrar vs encostar
78% similar
encontrar vs encantar
78% similar

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

Key facts for encontrar
PropertyValue
Headwordencontrar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ẽ.kõ.ˈtɾaɾ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#460
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “encontrar”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.encontrarcai 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 “chegou” (#459), “aconteceu” (#458), “federal” (#462). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “encontrar” fica em #460. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around encontrar (IPA /ẽ.kõ.ˈtɾaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #460 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for encontrar, with forms such as "ecnontrar", "enccontrar", and "encnotrar". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "encontro", "encostar", "encantar", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is encontrar, spelled E-N-C-O-N-T-R-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    ir de encontro a
  2. 2
    descobrir
  3. 3
    achar
  4. 4
    ter contato (com pessoa) socialmente
  5. 5
    reunir(-se)
  6. 6
    estar presente em um determinado local, ou, sítio físico
  7. 7
    estar presente, ser parte componente de algo de forma incidental ou não
  8. 8
    estar em um determinado estado físico ou emocional

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. É natural que um escritor transite entre diversas máscaras emprestadas até encontrar sua voz, flertando com estilos admirados e motivos emprestados até que exile de seu próprio rosto as marcas profundas de seus mestres.
  2. Precisamos encontrar uma solução pacífica, pactuada, serena, porque os índios não podem continuar vivendo naquele nível de precariedade e ao mesmo tempo os não-índios não podem ser tratados como grileiros ou invasores, porque foi o Estado que os levou para lá na década de 40

This word in other languages

find(English)encontrar(Español)trouver(Français)finden(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecnontrar
  • enccontrar
  • encnotrar
  • enconntrar
  • enconrtar
  • encontarr
  • encontrarr
  • encontrra
  • encontrrar
  • enconttrar
  • encotnrar
  • enncontrar
  • enocntrar
  • necontrar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ecnontrar2enccontrar1encnotrar2enconntrar1enconrtar2encontarr2encontrarr1encontrra2
Edit distance from "encontrar"

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 "encontrar"?
"encontrar" is spelled E-N-C-O-N-T-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ẽ.kõ.ˈtɾaɾ/.
What does "encontrar" mean?
As a verb, "encontrar" means: ir de encontro a
What words are commonly confused with "encontrar"?
"encontrar" is commonly confused with "encontro", "encostar", "encantar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "encontrar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "encontrar" is /ẽ.kõ.ˈtɾaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "encontrar" come from?
"encontrar" 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 "encontrar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

aconteceu#458sociedade#472principal#510diferente#518

Similar misspelling depth

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

trabalhar14 variantsbrasileira14 variantsbrasileiro14 variantsorganização14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list