ar
The verdict
“ar” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #613 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #613
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - fluido gasoso que envolve todo o planeta Terra; atmosfera
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #613 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for ar is 2 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #613 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for ar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "As", "at", "av", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is ar, spelled A-R.
Definition
- 1fluido gasoso que envolve todo o planeta Terra; atmosfera
- 2gás que constitui a atmosfera terrestre; formado por 21% de oxigênio, 78% de nitrogênio e 1% de outros gases, como o dióxido de carbono e gases nobres
- 3o espaço aéreo
- 4vento, brisa, aragem
- 5aparência, fisionomia, semblante
- 6indício:
- 7gás ou vapor
- 8ataque repentino de causa atribuída por golpe de ar, paralisia, estupor
- 9maneiras, modos; ares
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “ar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “As” - see the side-by-side comparison. ar vs As
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.