bachelor
/'bætʃələr/
The verdict
“bachelor” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #56,543 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #56,543
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - bacharel
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bachelor |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /'bætʃələr/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,543 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bachelor” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for bachelor is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /'bætʃələr/. Corpus data places it at rank #56,543 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
bachelor doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is bachelor, spelled B-A-C-H-E-L-O-R.
Definition
- 1bacharel
- 2solteiro
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 “bachelor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-A-C-H-E-L-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /'bætʃələr/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.