privatizar

verb

The verdict

“privatizar” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #29,095. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,095
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - passar o controle de uma empresa estatal para o setor privado

Corpus desk

Index PT-privatizar · privatizar · Portuguese

privatizar · rank #29,095 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,095
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH poça

Nearest frequency peer: poça (-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 “privatizar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “privatizar” 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
Key facts for privatizar
PropertyValue
Headwordprivatizar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters10
Frequency rank#29,095
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “privatizar”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).privatizarcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “poça” (#29,093), “pousa” (#29,092), “pompa” (#29,089). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “privatizar” fica em #29,095. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around privatizar, averb. Corpus frequency is #29,095 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "passar o controle de uma empresa estatal para o setor privado".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for privatizar, with forms such as "pirvatizar", "pprivatizar", and "priavtizar". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is privatizar, spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-I-Z-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    passar o controle de uma empresa estatal para o setor privado

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Privatizar a Cesp é uma iniciativa sensata, sem viés ideológico.

Synonyms

desestatizar

Antonyms

nacionalizar

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pirvatizar
  • pprivatizar
  • priavtizar
  • privaitzar
  • privatiazr
  • privatizarr
  • privatizra
  • privatizzar
  • privattizar
  • privatziar
  • privtaizar
  • privvatizar
  • prrivatizar
  • prviatizar
  • rpivatizar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pirvatizar2pprivatizar1priavtizar2privaitzar2privatiazr2privatizarr1privatizra2privatizzar1
Edit distance from "privatizar"

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 "privatizar"?
"privatizar" is spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-I-Z-A-R.
What does "privatizar" mean?
As a verb, "privatizar" means: passar o controle de uma empresa estatal para o setor privado
What are common misspellings of "privatizar"?
Common misspellings include "pirvatizar", "pprivatizar", "priavtizar", "privaitzar", "privatiazr". The correct spelling is "privatizar".
What language does "privatizar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list