caminhar

//kɐ.mi.ˈɲaɾ// verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,793

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

caminhar is aPortugueseverb. It means: locomover-se mantendo sempre um dos pés no chão Pronounced /kɐ.mi.ˈɲaɾ/. It ranks #4,793 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with caminho and caminhão.

Key facts for caminhar
PropertyValue
Headwordcaminhar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/kɐ.mi.ˈɲaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,793
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for caminhar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɐ.mi.ˈɲaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,793 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "locomover-se mantendo sempre um dos pés no chão".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for caminhar, with forms such as "acminhar", "caimnhar", and "camihnar". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "caminho", "caminhão", "caminhada", 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 caminhar, spelled C-A-M-I-N-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
    locomover-se mantendo sempre um dos pés no chão

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acminhar,caimnhar,camihnar,caminahr,caminharr,caminhhar,caminhra,caminnhar,camminhar,camnihar,ccaminhar,cmainhar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for caminhar

Misspelling Variants of "caminhar"

acminhar8caimnhar8camihnar8caminahr8caminharr9caminhhar9caminhra8caminnhar9
Misspelling Variants of "caminhar"

Frequency rank: #4,793 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "caminhar"?
"caminhar" is spelled C-A-M-I-N-H-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐ.mi.ˈɲaɾ/.
What does "caminhar" mean?
As a verb, "caminhar" means: locomover-se mantendo sempre um dos pés no chão
What words are commonly confused with "caminhar"?
"caminhar" is commonly confused with "caminho", "caminhão", "caminhada". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "caminhar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caminhar" is /kɐ.mi.ˈɲaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caminhar" come from?
"caminhar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.