celebrar

/sɨ.lɨ.ˈbɾaɾ/

//sɨ.lɨ.ˈbɾaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“celebrar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,707. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,707
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - comemorar

Corpus desk

Index PT-celebrar · celebrar · Portuguese

celebrar · rank #4,707 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,707
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cobrir

Nearest frequency peer: cobrir (+3 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 “celebrar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “celebrar” 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).

celebrar vs célebre
63% similar
celebrar vs cerebral
75% similar
celebrar vs celebrado
78% similar

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

Key facts for celebrar
PropertyValue
Headwordcelebrar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/sɨ.lɨ.ˈbɾaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,707
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “celebrar”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).celebrarcai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “cobrir” (#4,710), “conduzir” (#4,712), “confirmar” (#4,713). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “celebrar” fica em #4,707. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around celebrar (IPA /sɨ.lɨ.ˈbɾaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,707 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for celebrar, with forms such as "ccelebrar", "ceelbrar", and "celberar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "célebre", "cerebral", "celebrado", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is celebrar, spelled C-E-L-E-B-R-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    comemorar
  2. 2
    realizar com solenidade
  3. 3
    efetuar

This word in other languages

celebrate(English)celebrar(Español)célébrer(Français)feiern(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccelebrar
  • ceelbrar
  • celberar
  • celebarr
  • celebbrar
  • celebrarr
  • celebrra
  • celebrrar
  • celerbar
  • cellebrar
  • cleebrar
  • eclebrar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of celebrar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccelebrar1ceelbrar2celberar2celebarr2celebbrar1celebrarr1celebrra2celebrrar1
Edit distance from "celebrar"

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 "celebrar"?
"celebrar" is spelled C-E-L-E-B-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /sɨ.lɨ.ˈbɾaɾ/.
What does "celebrar" mean?
As a verb, "celebrar" means: comemorar
What words are commonly confused with "celebrar"?
"celebrar" is commonly confused with "célebre", "cerebral", "celebrado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "celebrar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "celebrar" is /sɨ.lɨ.ˈbɾaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "celebrar" come from?
"celebrar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

conduzir#4,712definido#4,719espacial#4,724gratuito#4,732

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

imaginação12 variantssensível12 variantsreclamar12 variantshomicídio12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list