gastar
/ɡɐʃ.ˈtaɾ/
The verdict
“gastar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,564. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,564
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - despender
Corpus desk
Index PT-gastar · gastar · Portuguese
gastar · rank #3,564 · 9 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,564
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH foder
Nearest frequency peer: foder (-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 “gastar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- don't
don't
96,448 corpus weight
- estrangeiro
estrangeiro
96,442 corpus weight
- foder
foder
96,439 corpus weight
- gastar
gastar
96,437 corpus weight
- gravar
gravar
96,434 corpus weight
- gritar
gritar
96,433 corpus weight
What this shows “gastar” 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 | gastar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɡɐʃ.ˈtaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #3,564 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “gastar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around gastar (IPA /ɡɐʃ.ˈtaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,564 among 521 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for gastar, with forms such as "agstar", "gasatr", and "gasstar". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "gasto", "gestão", "gostar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is gastar, spelled G-A-S-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1despender
- 2consumir
- 3cansar
- 4usar
- 5existir, ir através a esgotar-se
- 6acabar; consumir-se
- 7ter venda; ter saída
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gastar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Segredos Perfeitos
Aos treze anos de idade, Zodiak vê o seu pai deitado na cama sofrendo e gastando os últimos momentos de existência e compreensão.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agstar
- gasatr
- gasstar
- gastarr
- gastra
- gasttar
- gatsar
- ggastar
- gsatar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gastar - 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 "gastar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).