ingressar

verb

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The verdict

“ingressar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,467. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,467
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - entrar em espaço delimitado:

Corpus desk

Index PT-ingressar · ingressar · Portuguese

ingressar · rank #12,467 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,467
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH isenção

Nearest frequency peer: isenção (+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 “ingressar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “ingressar” 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).

ingressar vs ingresso
78% similar
ingressar vs interessar
80% similar

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

Key facts for ingressar
PropertyValue
Headwordingressar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Frequency rank#12,467
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “ingressar”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).ingressarcai 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 “isenção” (#12,469), “Jules” (#12,473), “Latin” (#12,477). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “ingressar” fica em #12,467. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around ingressar, averb. Corpus frequency is #12,467 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ingressar, with forms such as "ignressar", "ingerssar", and "inggressar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ingresso", "interessar", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is ingressar, spelled I-N-G-R-E-S-S-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    entrar em espaço delimitado:
  2. 2
    entrar em grupo restrito ou com normas restritivas:

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mesmo sem bilhete, ingressou no estádio.
  2. Conforme queriam, ingressaram no exército.

Synonyms

adentrar

This word in other languages

join(English)unirse(Español)joindre(Français)beitreten(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ignressar
  • ingerssar
  • inggressar
  • ingresar
  • ingresasr
  • ingressarr
  • ingressra
  • ingrressar
  • ingrsesar
  • inngressar
  • inrgessar
  • nigressar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ingressar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ignressar2ingerssar2inggressar1ingresar1ingresasr2ingressarr1ingressra2ingrressar1
Edit distance from "ingressar"

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 "ingressar"?
"ingressar" is spelled I-N-G-R-E-S-S-A-R.
What does "ingressar" mean?
As a verb, "ingressar" means: entrar em espaço delimitado:
What words are commonly confused with "ingressar"?
"ingressar" is commonly confused with "ingresso", "interessar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "ingressar" come from?
"ingressar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

magnífico#12,486coletânea#12,398repetição#12,544cadáveres#12,386

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

fabricar12 variantschocante12 variantsasiáticos12 variantsartifício12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list