aprontarvsaprovarWhich spelling fits?

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“aprontar” and “aprovar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#26,966
“aprontar” frequency rank
#8,001
“aprovar” frequency rank
34967
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aprontar aprovar
Definition pôr pronto julgar apto

Where the eye mixes aprontar and aprovar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
aprontar
7 ch
aprovar

Look-alike desk: aprontar vs aprovar

A purely visual mix-up. aprontar (/ɐ.pɾõ.ˈtaɾ/) and aprovar (/ɐ.pɾu.ˈvaɾ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34967, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aprontar is recorded at frequency rank #26,966, classified as averb, pronounced /ɐ.pɾõ.ˈtaɾ/. aprovar is at rank #8,001, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɐ.pɾu.ˈvaɾ/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 34967, this pair ranks #32,175 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aprontar vs aprovar

Shared letters: aopr. Private to "aprontar": nt. Private to "aprovar": v.

"aprontar" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "aprovar" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aprontaraporntar · approntar · aprnotar · apronatr · apronntar · aprontarr · aprontra · apronttar
  • aprovaraporvar · approvar · aproavr · aprovarr · aprovra · aprovvar · aprrovar · aprvoar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "aprontar" for "aprovar" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ɐ.pɾõ.ˈtaɾ/ versus /ɐ.pɾu.ˈvaɾ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "aprontar" vs "aprovar" - which ranks higher?
"aprovar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,001 in our Portuguese list, against #26,966 for "aprontar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "aprontar" and "aprovar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aprontar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aprovar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #32,175 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aprontar" and "aprovar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aprontar vs arrotar". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #32,175 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list