carregar

/kɐ.Rɨ.ˈɡaɾ/

//kɐ.Rɨ.ˈɡaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“carregar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,379. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,379
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - meter carga em ou sobre

Corpus desk

Index PT-carregar · carregar · Portuguese

carregar · rank #3,379 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,379
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH canções

Nearest frequency peer: canções (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “carregar”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “carregar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

carregar vs carreta
75% similar
carregar vs carrera
75% similar
carregar vs carrega
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for carregar
PropertyValue
Headwordcarregar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/kɐ.Rɨ.ˈɡaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,379
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “carregar”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.carregarcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “canções” (#3,378), “cadê” (#3,377), “comunista” (#3,381). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “carregar” fica em #3,379. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around carregar (IPA /kɐ.Rɨ.ˈɡaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,379 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for carregar, with forms such as "acrregar", "caregar", and "carergar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "carreta", "carrera", "carrega", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is carregar, spelled C-A-R-R-E-G-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    meter carga em ou sobre
  2. 2
    encher; atacar; imputar
  3. 3
    meter pólvora e projétil em arma; municiar
  4. 4
    acumular eletricidade em
  5. 5
    dar um clique sobre um elemento gráfico seja usando um dispositivo apontador com botões de clique como um rato ou ao tocar uma tela sensível ao toque
  6. 6
    fazer pressão em tecla de teclado físico para gerar um sinal de entrada
  7. 7
    pesar sobre
  8. 8
    tornar-se mais forte

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how carregar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. carrega no botão da janela
  2. Digite o código e carregue Enter

Synonyms

apertarpremerpremirpressionar

This word in other languages

load(English)cargar(Español)charger(Français)beladen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acrregar
  • caregar
  • carergar
  • carreagr
  • carregarr
  • carreggar
  • carregra
  • carrgear
  • ccarregar
  • craregar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of carregar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acrregar2caregar1carergar2carreagr2carregarr1carreggar1carregra2carrgear2
Edit distance from "carregar"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carregar"?
"carregar" is spelled C-A-R-R-E-G-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐ.Rɨ.ˈɡaɾ/.
What does "carregar" mean?
As a verb, "carregar" means: meter carga em ou sobre
What words are commonly confused with "carregar"?
"carregar" is commonly confused with "carreta", "carrera", "carrega". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carregar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carregar" is /kɐ.Rɨ.ˈɡaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carregar" come from?
"carregar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "carregar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

destruir#3,384animação#3,370eliminar#3,388suicídio#3,362

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

escolar10 variantsvizinho10 variantsespelho10 variantsfazemos10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list