perguntar
The verdict
“perguntar” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,901. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,901
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - fazer uma pergunta a alguém; inquirir, interrogar
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 | perguntar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #1,901 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “perguntar” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around perguntar, averb. Corpus frequency is #1,901 among 3,113 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "fazer uma pergunta a alguém; inquirir, interrogar".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for perguntar, with forms such as "eprguntar", "pegruntar", and "pergguntar". 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, "pergunta", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is perguntar, spelled P-E-R-G-U-N-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1fazer uma pergunta a alguém; inquirir, interrogar
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eprguntar
- pegruntar
- pergguntar
- pergnutar
- pergunatr
- pergunntar
- perguntarr
- perguntra
- pergunttar
- pergutnar
- perrguntar
- perugntar
- pperguntar
- preguntar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of perguntar - 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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Using “perguntar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-E-R-G-U-N-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “pergunta” - see the side-by-side comparison. perguntar vs pergunta
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.