amar

verb

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The verdict

“amar” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #2,349) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#2,349
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - transitivo direto

Corpus desk

Index PT-amar · amar · Portuguese

amar · rank #2,349 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,349
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH alemão

Nearest frequency peer: alemão (-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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “amar”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “amar” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

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).

amar vs ar
50% similar
amar vs amo
50% similar
amar vs asa
50% similar

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

Key facts for amar
PropertyValue
Headwordamar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,349
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “amar”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “alemão” (#2,348), “anual” (#2,350), “aprovação” (#2,351). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “amar” fica em #2,349. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for amar is neighbouring look-alikes ("ar", "amo", …), not just typos; it is averb. Frequency #2,349 among 1,900 “A” headwords. 10 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for amar, with forms such as "aamr", "amarr", and "ammar". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ar", "amo", "asa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is amar, spelled A-M-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    transitivo direto
  2. 2
    transitivo direto
  3. 3
    transitivo direto
  4. 4
    transitivo direto
  5. 5
    transitivo direto
  6. 6
    intransitivo
  7. 7
    intransitivo
  8. 8
    pronominal
  9. 9
    pronominal
  10. 10
    pronominal

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. "Você tem de amar a vida, baby, porque morrer é um pé no saco", dizia Sinatra, uma de suas boutades preferidas.
  2. Amai-vos uns aos outros, e ninguém considere o próximo segundo a carne, mas amai-vos sempre mutuamente em Jesus Cristo

Synonyms

adorargostarquerer

Antonyms

detestarodiardesprezar

This word in other languages

love(English)amar(Español)aimer(Français)lieben(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aamr
  • amarr
  • ammar
  • maar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amar - 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.

aamr2amarr1ammar1maar2
Edit distance from "amar"

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 "amar"?
"amar" is spelled A-M-A-R.
What does "amar" mean?
As a verb, "amar" means: transitivo direto
What words are commonly confused with "amar"?
"amar" is commonly confused with "ar", "amo", "asa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "amar" come from?
"amar" 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.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pega#2,340haja#2,327gelo#2,325dura#2,319

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list