enterrar
/ẽ.tɨ.ˈRaɾ/
The verdict
“enterrar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,725. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,725
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - colocar debaixo da terra
Corpus desk
Index PT-enterrar · enterrar · Portuguese
enterrar · rank #13,725 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,725
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH enfoque
Nearest frequency peer: enfoque (-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 “enterrar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- dissolução
dissolução
86,283 corpus weight
- easy
easy
86,281 corpus weight
- emocionado
emocionado
86,278 corpus weight
- enfoque
enfoque
86,277 corpus weight
- enterrar
enterrar
86,276 corpus weight
- fazermos
fazermos
86,263 corpus weight
What this shows “enterrar” 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 | enterrar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ẽ.tɨ.ˈRaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #13,725 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “enterrar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around enterrar (IPA /ẽ.tɨ.ˈRaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,725 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for enterrar, with forms such as "enetrrar", "ennterrar", and "enterar". 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, "entrar", "enterro", "enxergar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is enterrar, spelled E-N-T-E-R-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1colocar debaixo da terra
- 2fazer passar a bola pelo aro com violência
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enterrar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O cachorro enterrou o osso no meu jardim.
O atleta enterrou a bola no último segundo de jogo, dando a vitória a seu time.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enetrrar
- ennterrar
- enterar
- enterarr
- enterrarr
- enterrra
- entrerar
- entterrar
- etnerrar
- neterrar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enterrar - 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 "enterrar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).