visitar

verb

The verdict

“visitar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,693. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,693
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ir e ficar (com uma pessoa ou família) por um curto período de tempo por questão de sociabilidade, polidez, negócios, curiosidade, etc.

Corpus desk

Index PT-visitar · visitar · Portuguese

visitar · rank #1,693 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,693
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH vergonha

Nearest frequency peer: vergonha (-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 “visitar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “visitar” 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).

visitar vs vista
71% similar
visitar vs visite
71% similar
visitar vs vomitar
71% similar

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

Key facts for visitar
PropertyValue
Headwordvisitar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,693
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “visitar”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).visitarcai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “vergonha” (#1,692), “aberta” (#1,694), “aceitar” (#1,695). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “visitar” fica em #1,693. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around visitar, averb. Corpus frequency is #1,693 among 501 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for visitar, with forms such as "ivsitar", "viistar", and "visiatr". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "vista", "visite", "vomitar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is visitar, spelled V-I-S-I-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    ir e ficar (com uma pessoa ou família) por um curto período de tempo por questão de sociabilidade, polidez, negócios, curiosidade, etc.
  2. 2
    fazer uma visita
  3. 3
    ir ou vir para
  4. 4
    ir a um lugar com objetivo oficial de inspecionar ou examinar

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Só visita os parentes distantes uma vez por ano.
  2. Visitamos Paris e Londres em nosso tour da Europa

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivsitar
  • viistar
  • visiatr
  • visitarr
  • visitra
  • visittar
  • vissitar
  • vistiar
  • vsiitar
  • vvisitar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ivsitar2viistar2visiatr2visitarr1visitra2visittar1vissitar1vistiar2
Edit distance from "visitar"

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 "visitar"?
"visitar" is spelled V-I-S-I-T-A-R.
What does "visitar" mean?
As a verb, "visitar" means: ir e ficar (com uma pessoa ou família) por um curto período de tempo por questão de sociabilidade, polidez, negócios, curiosidade, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "visitar"?
"visitar" is commonly confused with "vista", "visite", "vomitar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "visitar" come from?
"visitar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "visitar", 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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list