bilhar

//bi.ˈʎaɾ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,581

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

bilhar is aPortuguesenoun. It means: jogo que se pratica impulsionando com um taco bolas, de marfim ou material semelhante, sobre uma mesa retangular normalmente forrada de pano geralmente verde Pronounced /bi.ˈʎaɾ/. Often confused with bolha and bolar.

Key facts for bilhar
PropertyValue
Headwordbilhar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bi.ˈʎaɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,581
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bilhar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for bilhar is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bi.ˈʎaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #23,581 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for bilhar, with forms such as "bbilhar", "bihlar", and "bilahr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "bolha", "bolar", "brilha", 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 bilhar, spelled B-I-L-H-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    jogo que se pratica impulsionando com um taco bolas, de marfim ou material semelhante, sobre uma mesa retangular normalmente forrada de pano geralmente verde
  2. 2
    a mesa onde se joga o bilhar
  3. 3
    o local onde se joga

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbilhar,bihlar,bilahr,bilharr,bilhhar,bilhra,billhar,blihar,iblhar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bilhar

Misspelling Variants of "bilhar"

bbilhar7bihlar6bilahr6bilharr7bilhhar7bilhra6billhar7blihar6
Misspelling Variants of "bilhar"

Frequency rank: #23,581 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bilhar"?
"bilhar" is spelled B-I-L-H-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /bi.ˈʎaɾ/.
What does "bilhar" mean?
As a noun, "bilhar" means: jogo que se pratica impulsionando com um taco bolas, de marfim ou material semelhante, sobre uma mesa retangular normalmente forrada de pano geralmente verde
What words are commonly confused with "bilhar"?
"bilhar" is commonly confused with "bolha", "bolar", "brilha". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bilhar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bilhar" is /bi.ˈʎaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bilhar" come from?
"bilhar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.