separar
/sɨ.pɐ.ˈɾaɾ/
The verdict
“separar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,043. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,043
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - desunir o que estava ligado; estabelecer uma distância (ou aumentá-la) entre duas coisas ou grupos de coisas
Corpus desk
Index PT-separar · separar · Portuguese
separar · rank #5,043 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,043
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH radical
Nearest frequency peer: radical (-3 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “separar”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- preservar
preservar
94,964 corpus weight
- quarenta
quarenta
94,962 corpus weight
- radical
radical
94,961 corpus weight
- separar
separar
94,958 corpus weight
- testar
testar
94,955 corpus weight
- viola
viola
94,949 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “separar” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | separar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /sɨ.pɐ.ˈɾaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,043 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “separar” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around separar (IPA /sɨ.pɐ.ˈɾaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,043 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for separar, with forms such as "esparar", "seaprar", and "sepaarr". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "soprar", "superar", "seara", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is separar, spelled S-E-P-A-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1desunir o que estava ligado; estabelecer uma distância (ou aumentá-la) entre duas coisas ou grupos de coisas
- 2formar grupos homogêneos de coisas que estavam misturadas
- 3forçar pessoas ou animais que estão a brigar a distanciarem-se uns dos outros
- 4tomar caminhos distintos
- 5deixar de viver juntos (diz-se de cônjuges)
- 6declarar a independência
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how separar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A verdadeira amizade é aquela que a lembrança não apaga, a distância não separa, a maldade não destrói.
Hoje à noite vou separar as roupas que precisam ser doadas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esparar
- seaprar
- sepaarr
- separarr
- separra
- separrar
- sepparar
- sepraar
- spearar
- sseparar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of separar - 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.
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 "separar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "separar". Here's where to go from here.
- "separar" maps to 6 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "soprar". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #5,043 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.