avoar
/a.voˈa(ʁ)/ [a.voˈa(h)]
The verdict
“avoar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - voar, sustentar-se ou mover-se no ar
Corpus desk
Index PT-avoar · avoar · Portuguese
avoar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | avoar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /a.voˈa(ʁ)/ [a.voˈa(h)] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “avoar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
avoar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /a.voˈa(ʁ)/ [a.voˈa(h)]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "voar, sustentar-se ou mover-se no ar".
Zero misspellings are on record for avoar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is avoar, spelled A-V-O-A-R.
Definition
- 1voar, sustentar-se ou mover-se no ar
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.