carregar

//kɐ.Rɨ.ˈɡaɾ// verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,379

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

carregar is aPortugueseverb. It means: meter carga em ou sobre Pronounced /kɐ.Rɨ.ˈɡaɾ/. It ranks #3,379 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with carreta and carrera.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for carregar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɐ.Rɨ.ˈɡaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,379 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for carregar, with forms such as "acrregar", "caregar", and "carergar". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "carreta", "carrera", "carrega", 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 carregar, spelled C-A-R-R-E-G-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acrregar,caregar,carergar,carreagr,carregarr,carreggar,carregra,carrgear,ccarregar,craregar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for carregar

Misspelling Variants of "carregar"

acrregar8caregar7carergar8carreagr8carregarr9carreggar9carregra8carrgear8
Misspelling Variants of "carregar"

Frequency rank: #3,379 in Portuguese

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.