testar

/tɨʃ.ˈtaɾ/

//tɨʃ.ˈtaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“testar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,046. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,046
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deixar em testamento fazer o testamento, testemunhar

Corpus desk

Index PT-testar · testar · Portuguese

testar · rank #5,046 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,046
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH separar

Nearest frequency peer: separar (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “testar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “testar” 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).

testar vs teta
67% similar
testar vs teste
67% similar
testar vs tratar
67% similar

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

Key facts for testar
PropertyValue
Headwordtestar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/tɨʃ.ˈtaɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,046
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “testar”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “separar” (#5,043), “radical” (#5,040), “viola” (#5,052). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “testar” fica em #5,046. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around testar (IPA /tɨʃ.ˈtaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,046 among 917 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for testar, with forms such as "etstar", "tesatr", and "tesstar". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "teta", "teste", "tratar", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is testar, spelled T-E-S-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    deixar em testamento fazer o testamento, testemunhar
  2. 2
    aplicar teste ou testes
  3. 3
    confrontar
  4. 4
    confirmar
  5. 5
    entesar

This word in other languages

test(English)tester(Français)testen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etstar
  • tesatr
  • tesstar
  • testarr
  • testra
  • testtar
  • tetsar
  • tsetar
  • ttestar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etstar2tesatr2tesstar1testarr1testra2testtar1tetsar2tsetar2
Edit distance from "testar"

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 "testar"?
"testar" is spelled T-E-S-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /tɨʃ.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "testar" mean?
As a verb, "testar" means: deixar em testamento fazer o testamento, testemunhar
What words are commonly confused with "testar"?
"testar" is commonly confused with "teta", "teste", "tratar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "testar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "testar" is /tɨʃ.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "testar" come from?
"testar" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

armado#5,061montar#5,028fraude#5,008esfera#5,095

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

atacado9 variantsmelhora9 variantsforçado9 variantshaveria9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list