arranhar
Letters
8 characters
Frequency Rank
#34,565
in Portuguese word usage
Misspellings
10
tracked variants
Confusables
9
similar word pairs
arranhar is aPortugueseverb. It means: ferir levemente (a pele) com as unhas, objeto áspero ou pontiagudo Pronounced /ɐ.Rɐ.ˈɲaɾ/. Often confused with arrasar and arranjar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arranhar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.Rɐ.ˈɲaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #34,565 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for arranhar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.Rɐ.ˈɲaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #34,565 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for arranhar, with forms such as "aranhar", "ararnhar", and "arrahnar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "arrasar", "arranjar", "arrastar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is arranhar, spelled A-R-R-A-N-H-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1ferir levemente (a pele) com as unhas, objeto áspero ou pontiagudo
- 2deixar ranhuras ou riscos (nas superfícies lisas ou polidas)
- 3conhecer pouco
- 4tocar mal
- 5ofender
- 6manchar a reputação de alguém
- 7ferir-se a si próprio com as unhas
- 8amofinar-se de inveja
- 9desesperar-se de inveja
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aranhar,ararnhar,arrahnar,arranahr,arranharr,arranhhar,arranhra,arrannhar,arrnahar,raranhar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for arranhar
Misspelling Variants of "arranhar"
Frequency rank: #34,565 in Portuguese
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