procurar

/pɾo.kʊ.ˈɾaɾ/, /pɾo.kʊ.ˈɾa/

//pɾo.kʊ.ˈɾaɾ/, /pɾo.kʊ.ˈɾa// verb

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The verdict

“procurar” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,444. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,444
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fazer diligências para encontrar

Corpus desk

Index PT-procurar · procurar · Portuguese

procurar · rank #1,444 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,444
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH oficiais

Nearest frequency peer: oficiais (-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 “procurar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “procurar” 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).

procurar vs procura
88% similar
procurar vs procriar
75% similar
procurar vs preocupar
78% similar

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

Key facts for procurar
PropertyValue
Headwordprocurar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/pɾo.kʊ.ˈɾaɾ/, /pɾo.kʊ.ˈɾa/
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,444
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “procurar”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.procurarcai 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 “oficiais” (#1,443), “proteger” (#1,445), “obter” (#1,442). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “procurar” fica em #1,444. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around procurar (IPA /pɾo.kʊ.ˈɾaɾ/, /pɾo.kʊ.ˈɾa/), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,444 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for procurar, with forms such as "porcurar", "pprocurar", and "prcourar". 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, "procura", "procriar", "preocupar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is procurar, spelled P-R-O-C-U-R-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    fazer diligências para encontrar
  2. 2
    fazer pesquisa para descobrir ou aprender sobre
  3. 3
    esforçar-se para executar algo
  4. 4
    ser atraído por
  5. 5
    exercer função ou cargo de procurador

Synonyms

buscarbuscarinvestigarpesquisartentar

This word in other languages

search(English)buscar(Español)chercher(Français)suchen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porcurar
  • pprocurar
  • prcourar
  • proccurar
  • procruar
  • procuarr
  • procurarr
  • procurrar
  • proucrar
  • prrocurar
  • rpocurar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of procurar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

porcurar2pprocurar1prcourar2proccurar1procruar2procuarr2procurarr1procurrar1
Edit distance from "procurar"

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 "procurar"?
"procurar" is spelled P-R-O-C-U-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /pɾo.kʊ.ˈɾaɾ/, /pɾo.kʊ.ˈɾa/.
What does "procurar" mean?
As a verb, "procurar" means: fazer diligências para encontrar
What words are commonly confused with "procurar"?
"procurar" is commonly confused with "procura", "procriar", "preocupar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "procurar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "procurar" is /pɾo.kʊ.ˈɾaɾ/, /pɾo.kʊ.ˈɾa/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "procurar" come from?
"procurar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

oficiais#1,443proteger#1,445assistir#1,456destaque#1,428

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

deixando11 variantssilêncio11 variantsregional11 variantsadvogado11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list