# apertar vs aterrar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### apertar
*verb · frequency rank #6,837*
aproximar muito forçando

### aterrar
*verb · IPA /a.teˈʁa(ʁ)/ · frequency rank #32,863*
retornar à terra; pousar (o avião); aterrissar

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/apertar-vs-aterrar