calhar

verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,321

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

calhar is aPortugueseverb. It means: coalhar, coagular Often confused with calma and calor.

Key facts for calhar
PropertyValue
Headwordcalhar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,321
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for calhar is 6 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #10,321 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 calhar, with forms such as "aclhar", "cahlar", and "calahr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "calma", "calor", "colar", 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 calhar, spelled C-A-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
    coalhar, coagular
  2. 2
    figuradamente, concretizar; estar acabadamente feito ou feita, estar no ponto ótimo, chegar ao melhor estado
  3. 3
    calhar

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aclhar,cahlar,calahr,calharr,calhhar,calhra,callhar,ccalhar,clahar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for calhar

Misspelling Variants of "calhar"

aclhar6cahlar6calahr6calharr7calhhar7calhra6callhar7ccalhar7
Misspelling Variants of "calhar"

Frequency rank: #10,321 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "calhar"?
"calhar" is spelled C-A-L-H-A-R.
What does "calhar" mean?
As a verb, "calhar" means: coalhar, coagular
What words are commonly confused with "calhar"?
"calhar" is commonly confused with "calma", "calor", "colar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "calhar" come from?
"calhar" 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 C 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.